Mosely Surname
Approximately 4,851 people bear this surname
Mosely Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Mossley,' till recently a hamlet, but now a rising town in the parish of Saddleworth, West Riding of Yorkshire Probably other small localities would bear the name.
Willelmus de Moslay, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameMosely Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,424 | 1:81,930 | 9,318 |
| England | 162 | 1:343,939 | 25,007 |
| Australia | 91 | 1:296,656 | 26,074 |
| Jamaica | 56 | 1:51,249 | 2,953 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 447 | 1:54,531 | 6,519 |
| Wales | 45 | 1:34,854 | 1,900 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,496 | 1:11,170 | 1,454 |
Mosely (137) may also be a first name.
Mosely Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Mossley,' till recently a hamlet, but now a rising town in the parish of Saddleworth, West Riding of Yorkshire Probably other small localities would bear the name.
Willelmus de Moslay, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Ricardus de Moslay, smyth, 1379: ibid.
Thomas de Mosseley, 1379: ibid.
1588. John Moseley, Middlesex: Register of the University of Oxford.
1591. Ralph Mosley, of Great Sankey, husbandman: Wills at Chester.
1617. Rowland Mosley, of the Hough, Manchester: ibid.
(English) belonging to Moseley = the Moss-Lea [Old English mós (= Old Norse mósi), a marsh, moor, moss + leáh]
(English) One who came from Moseley (wood infested with mice, or Moll’s wood), the name of places in Staffordshire and Worcestershire.
Mosley, places in cos. Stafford, Worcester, and Lancaster.
Local. Moss—ley, Saxon, Moose, Moyes, or Moss, a mossy field or pasture.
Mosely Demographics
Mosely Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Mosely Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mosely Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mosely is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mosely? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mosely is the 97,787th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,502,277 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Mosely live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 790,880th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 137 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4,424 people, or 1 in 81,930. In The United States Mosely is mostly found in: Texas, where 13 percent live, Georgia, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 28 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Mosely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mosely has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 2 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 64 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it decreased 84 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mosely Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Mosely surname are 6.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.94% registered with the party.
The amount Mosely earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 17.44% less than the national average, earning $35,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.58% less than the national average, earning $32,005 CAD per year.
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Mosely Reference & Research
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