Warley Surname
Approximately 1,062 people bear this surname
Warley Surname Definition:
(English) 1 belonging to Warley (fairly common), usually = the Weir-Lea [v. under Ware1, and + Middle English ley, Old English leáh, a meadow] Warley, Yorks, is the Domesday Werla. Gt. Warley, Essex, was Werleye Magna, a.d. 1320-1. But Warley, worc.
Read More About This SurnameWarley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 410 | 1:884,046 | 66,892 |
| England | 281 | 1:198,285 | 17,371 |
| Liberia | 159 | 1:27,727 | 2,679 |
| South Africa | 91 | 1:595,359 | 45,471 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 204 | 1:119,487 | 11,415 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 187 | 1:268,549 | 21,901 |
Warley (16,731) may also be a first name.
Warley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) 1 belonging to Warley (fairly common), usually = the Weir-Lea [v. under Ware1, and + Middle English ley, Old English leáh, a meadow] Warley, Yorks, is the Domesday Werla. Gt. Warley, Essex, was Werleye Magna, a.d. 1320-1. But Warley, worc., 13th-14th cent. Werweleye, Weruelege, Domesday Wer- welie, evid. has an Anglo-Saxon compound pers. name for its first element, prob. * Wœrweard.
(occasionally) 2 for Wardley, q.v.
Parishes and places in Essex and Yorkshire.
Warley: stands for Verlai in Normandy. In 1066 Thurold de Verlai held thirteen lordships in Salop from Earl Roger, of which Chetwynd appears to have been the chief. But Leland enters Werlay as well as Warley. By this Werlay he means Vesli. Humfrey de Vesli was a vassal of Ilbert de Lacy in Yorkshire in 1086.
Warley Demographics
Warley Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Warley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Warley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Warley is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Warley click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Warley? popularity and diffusion
The last name Warley is the 344,897th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,862,096 people. The last name Warley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Warley are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Warley is also the 43,017th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 16,731 people.
The surname Warley is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 410 people, or 1 in 884,046. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and New York, where 12 percent reside. Aside from The United States Warley exists in 21 countries. It is also common in England, where 26 percent reside and Liberia, where 15 percent reside.
Warley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Warley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Warley surname increased 219 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 138 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 750 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Warley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Warley surname are 8.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Warley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.38% more than the national average, earning R 414,396 per year; in United States they earn 9.46% more than the national average, earning $47,232 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.45% more than the national average, earning $54,377 CAD per year.
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