Billingsley Surname

30,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Billingsley Surname Definition:

Those with this surname are descendants of a family from the parish of Billingsley, Shropshire. The exact meaning of Billingsley is not known, but the termination is from lēah, a clearing. Speculation has connected Billing with the Germanic name or with sword, as to describe the shape of a clearing.

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Billingsley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,2751:23,7292,991
England9911:56,2246,805
Canada5431:67,8567,823
Australia3381:79,8699,295
Wales691:44,8484,288
New Zealand421:107,81714,061
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Italy201:3,057,83499,174
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Anguilla11:13,436792
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland251:177,1958,871
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4161:58,5956,887
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3911:36,1034,283

Billingsley (33) may also be a first name.

Billingsley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Those with this surname are descendants of a family from the parish of Billingsley, Shropshire. The exact meaning of Billingsley is not known, but the termination is from lēah, a clearing. Speculation has connected Billing with the Germanic name or with sword, as to describe the shape of a clearing.

— Forebears.io

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Billingsley,' a parish in Salop, six miles from Bridgenorth.

1581. Richard Billingslte, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1587-8. William Byllinsgley, Warwickshire: ibid.

1593. Buried — John, s. John Billingsley: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1635. — A still-born child of William Billingslye: ibid.

1652. — Robert Billingsly: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Billingsley = Billing’s Lea. [v. Billing2, and + Old English leáh]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) He who came from Billingsley (Bylga’s glade) in Shropshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish in co. Salop.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Billingsley Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Billingsley Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Billingsley is most common in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Billingsley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 30,673rd most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 418,704 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Billingsley reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 84 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Billingsley is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 33 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 15,275 people, or 1 in 23,729. In The United States Billingsley is primarily found in: Texas, where 13 percent are found, Alabama, where 6 percent are found and Georgia, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States Billingsley occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Billingsley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Billingsley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Billingsley last name expanded 1,098 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 238 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 16 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Billingsley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Billingsley last name is chiefly Anglican (44%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Billingsley surname are 13.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.48% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Billingsley earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.44% less than the national average, earning $39,937 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.1% more than the national average, earning $55,696 CAD per year.

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