Cordley Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Cordley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cordley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:3,095,448105,421
Scotland91:594,86921,724
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Cordley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cordley is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Cordley click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cordley? popularity and diffusion

Cordley is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Cordley occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Cordley reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 3,095,448. In England it is most numerous in: Lincolnshire, where 94 percent live and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 6 percent live. Beside England it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Cordley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cordley has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Cordley last name declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scordley939/
Courdley930/
Cordle924,120/
Cordly920/
Cordelley880/
Cardley8610/
Courdle867/
Cordlie861/
Cordles861/
Cordler861/
Cordlay861/
Curdley861/
Zordley860/
Cordelle80653/
Chardley802/
Cordless801/
Cardle77338/
Curdle776/
Cardly772/
Cordla771/
Jordle771/
Kordle770/
Courdille7579/
Cordillet7536/
Scordelle7511/
Courdelle756/
Cordiller751/
Cordiolle751/
Cordelloe751/
Cordellie750/
Ccardle714/
Cordlia712/
Cardlle711/
Cardles711/
Kordleh711/
Jardley711/
Sardley710/
Carrdle710/
Cordella673,716/
Cordelli67606/
Cordilla67567/
Cardelle67496/
Cardelly67109/
Cardille6798/
Kordelle6743/
Sordille6713/
Jordelly671/
Chardlee671/
Scardlhe671/
Cardless670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cordley
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