Moberley Surname

802,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 349 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Moberley Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Mobberly,' a parish in Cheshire, two miles from Nether Knutsford.

Patrick Moberlegh, c. 1220: East Cheshire.

William de Modburlegh, 1308: ibid.

1565. Baptised — Margery Mobberleye: Reg.

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Moberley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2981:1,216,30586,337
England251:2,228,72284,230
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:413,14224,536
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2101:239,13719,985

Moberley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Mobberly,' a parish in Cheshire, two miles from Nether Knutsford.

Patrick Moberlegh, c. 1220: East Cheshire.

William de Modburlegh, 1308: ibid.

1565. Baptised — Margery Mobberleye: Reg. Prestbury, Cheshire.

1568. — John Moberleye: ibid.

1585. Edward Mobberley, of Norley, yeoman: Wills at Chester.

1756. Married — Richard Moberly and Jane Adams: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Mobberley (Chesh.), anciently Modburlegh = (the Lady) Modburh’s Lea [Anglo-Saxon Modburh (genit. Modburge) - mód, mind, courage (mood); burh (from), stronghold + leáh, lea]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Cheshire, which gave name to the family in the XIII. century.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Mobberley; a location name in Cheshire, Staffordshire.

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

Moberley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Moberley is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Moberley? popularity and diffusion

It is the 802,733rd most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The last name Moberley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Moberley live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Moberley is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 1,216,305. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 16 percent reside, Florida, where 11 percent reside and Virginia, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Moberley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Moberley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Moberley last name expanded 142 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 58 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Moberley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Moberley surname are 15.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.75% registered with the political party.

Moberley earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.64% less than the national average, earning $42,008 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moberly933,423/
Moverley88593/
Maberley88101/
Maberly80196/
Moverly806/
Moberli801/
Mobirly801/
Mowerly800/
Moborly800/
Maverley7581/
Maberles753/
Moverlay753/
Mujberle751/
Moverlly750/
Maverly677/
Maberla671/
Mebarlla500/

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