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

Cordley is found most in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cordley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Cordley occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Cordley reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in British Isles.

Cordley is most common in England, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 3,095,448. In England Cordley is most common in: Lincolnshire, where 94 percent are found and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 6 percent are found. Barring England Cordley is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Cordley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cordley has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 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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