Yardley Surname

60,287th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Yardley Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Yardley': (1) a parish in Hertfordshire; (2) a parish near Birmingham, Worcestershire; (3) two parishes, Yardley - Gobion and Yardley Hastings, in Northamptonshire.

Richard de Yardele, Lincolnshire, 1273.

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Yardley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,4091:16,3442,373
United States2,9801:121,63112,984
Australia6531:41,3415,305
Canada4341:84,8989,423
New Zealand3401:13,3192,310
Scotland2431:22,0322,512
South Africa921:588,88845,159
Wales751:41,2604,005
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Isle of Man131:6,6021,513
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
India91:85,229,487684,495
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Norway81:642,78647,258
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France21:33,211,361423,184
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8541:13,1471,985
Scotland231:162,7496,621
Wales201:78,4213,652
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3491:143,89313,487

Yardley (713) may also be a first name.

Yardley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Yardley': (1) a parish in Hertfordshire; (2) a parish near Birmingham, Worcestershire; (3) two parishes, Yardley - Gobion and Yardley Hastings, in Northamptonshire.

Richard de Yardele, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1592. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. William Yardley: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1612. Married — Richard Hinde and Anne Yardlye: St. Michael, Cornhill.

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

(English) belonging to Yardley; or Dweller at the Yard-Lea [Middle English yard(e, yerd(e, enclosure, court, garden; Old English g(e)ard, fence, enclosure + Middle English ley, Old English leáh, meadow] The Worc. Yardley was Yerdeley, 14th- 15th cent.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Yardley (wood where spars were obtained), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

1. Parishes, &c., in cos. Hertford, Worcester, and Northampton. 2. An ancient family of the name were lords of Yardley, co. Stafford. There is an old joke of a Cockney's having broken his jawbone in an unsuccessful attempt to pronounce this name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Northamptonshire, Worcestershire.

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

Yardley was the name of a family of gentry of Farndon, Cheshire, in the 17th century (Coll. Top. et Gen.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Yardley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yardley (Hindi: यारडले, Marathi: चारदले) is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yardley.

How Common Is The Last Name Yardley? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 60,287th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 871,820 people. The surname Yardley occurs predominantly in Europe, where 45 percent of Yardley reside; 45 percent reside in Northern Europe and 45 percent reside in British Isles. Yardley is also the 309,270th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 713 people.

The surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 3,409 people, or 1 in 16,344. In England it is most numerous in: West Midlands, where 19 percent are found, Greater London, where 9 percent are found and Staffordshire, where 5 percent are found. Not including England it occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.

Yardley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Yardley has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Yardley surname grew 184 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 854 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,057 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Yardley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Yardley surname are 20.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.24% registered with the political party.

The amount Yardley earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 43.88% more than the national average, earning 497,936 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 5.12% more than the national average, earning R 249,816 per year; in United States they earn 5.78% more than the national average, earning $45,643 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.65% more than the national average, earning $51,992 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yarrdley930/
Yardly9217/
Yardle920/
Yardilley881/
Yardlay865/
Jardley861/
Earrdley802/
Iardlley801/
Jardle779/
Yardli771/
Yardla771/
Eardle770/
Yordly770/
Yaredla71205/
Jardler7121/
Yardhla714/
Yardlia711/
Yardlui711/
Jardlee710/
Yarredla6753/
Jardelle676/
Yardella671/
Geordley671/
Jardillet6333/
Jardiller6312/
Giardelle634/
Yarreddla633/
Iordle621/
Jordly621/
Jordle621/
Iardella53416/
Jardella5317/
Jardelli532/
Jordelly531/
Eardella531/
Giardelli50650/
Giardella50119/
Giardilli5011/
Jardielli501/
Geardella501/

Yardley Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yardley in the Hindi language
यारडलेyaradale-
Yardley in the Marathi language
चारदलेcaradale-

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Yardley Reference & Research

Yearsley FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Yardley FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Yearsley FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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