Ounsley Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ounsley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ounsley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England861:647,88437,755
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Ounsley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ounsley is found most in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ounsley? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ounsley is the 1,907,068th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Ounsley reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in British Isles.

Ounsley is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 647,884. In England Ounsley is most numerous in: North Yorkshire, where 22 percent live, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 19 percent live and Devon, where 16 percent live. Other than England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Ounsley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ounsley has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Ounsley surname increased 573 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hounsley9335/
Onsley9210/
Unsley920/
Hounnsley880/
Hunsley861,112/
Gunsley8620/
Honsley864/
Oinsley860/
Gonsley860/
Onsly830/
Hounslea8076/
Hundsley801/
Ansley776,395/
Onxley7733/
Oncley7720/
Onsloe772/
Honsle772/
Ounsli771/
Unsled771/
Gunsle770/
Unsleu770/
Unsler770/
Omsley770/
Honsly770/
Ainsley713,192/
Hansley711,807/
Aynsley71882/
Homsley71110/
Gansley7163/
Gunslay7120/
Uinslet719/
Gonsloe719/
Annsley716/
Einsley713/
Huncley712/
Atnsley711/
Ouensli711/
Anssley711/
Gonslea711/
Owensly711/
Gunslie710/
Honsler710/
Oensloe710/
Andsley710/
Uncle67293/
Handsley67260/
Gainsley67186/
Hainsley67124/
Oncle67108/
Ganssley6720/
Ansly678/
Heinsley673/
Hunchley672/
Ansle672/
Aisnsley671/
Heansley671/
Hounslou671/
Uncly671/
Aainsley670/
Ainesley670/
Omsly670/
Eutensle670/

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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 Ounsley
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