Cloudesley Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Cloudesley Surname Definition:

CLOUDSLIE: James Cloudslie, burgess of Montrose, 1638, and three more of the name are recorded in Brechin Commissariot Record, and John Cloudslie, burgess of Montrose, died in 1658 (Jeroise, I, p. 222). Perhaps of English origin from Cloudesley, an old surname in Sussex (Guppy, p.

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Cloudesley Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
England111:5,065,278148,650
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Cloudesley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

CLOUDSLIE: James Cloudslie, burgess of Montrose, 1638, and three more of the name are recorded in Brechin Commissariot Record, and John Cloudslie, burgess of Montrose, died in 1658 (Jeroise, I, p. 222). Perhaps of English origin from Cloudesley, an old surname in Sussex (Guppy, p. 383).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Cloudsley = Clud’s Lea (Anglo-Saxon Clúdes- leáh: cp. O.E, clúd, a rock] See the quotation under the next name.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Warwickshire.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Cloudesley and Costellow are old Chichester names that are now rare in the county. Between the reigns of Charles II. and Anne several of the mayors of the town bore these names (H. C.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Cloudesley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cloudesley occurs most in New Zealand. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cloudesley? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,323,005th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Cloudesley occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Cloudesley are found; 66 percent are found in Australasia and 66 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Cloudesley is most prevalent in New Zealand, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 205,833. In New Zealand it is most prevalent in: Canterbury Region, where 73 percent live, Wellington Region, where 23 percent live and Otago Region, where 5 percent live. Barring New Zealand it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Cloudesley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cloudesley has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 157 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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