Population Movement and Cultural Identity Geography and History of the Addley Family Name

             

A recent research project based at University College London (UCL) has investigated the distribution of surnames in Great Britain, both current and historic, in order to understand patterns of regional economic development, population movement and cultural identity. This website allows users to search the databases that they have created, and to trace the geography and history of their family names.

Data Sources:
UK and Ireland data: Experian International Ltd
US data: Dr. D. Kenneth Tucker, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Australia data: Pacific Micromarketing Pty
New Zealand data: Circular Distributors
Great Britain Census of 1881: Economic and Social Research Council Data Archive

  http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx


 

Name or category: ADDLEY
 

Statistics about this name

Frequency 1881 1998 Change
Frequency 86 170 +84
Rank Order 19157 18587 +570
Occurrences per million names 3 5 +2

 

Ethnicity of forenames

Ethnicity of forenames ADDLEY
Number of occurrences as forename  
Closest similar surname (phononym) ADLEY
British or unknown 98.21
---English or unknown 98.21
---Irish 0.00
---Scottish 0.00
---Welsh 0.00
Jewish 0.00
Balkan 0.00
French 0.00
German or Dutch 0.00
Greek or Greek Cypriot 0.00
Hispanic 0.00
Hungarian 0.00
Italian 0.00
Nordic 0.00
Polish or Czech 0.00
Russian 0.00
Black African 1.79
North African 0.00
Turkish or Turkish Cypriot 0.00
Other Muslim 0.00
Indian 0.00
---Hindi 0.00
---Sikh 0.00
---Other South Asian 0.00
East Asian 0.00

 Name: ADDLEY  

International Comparisons

International Comparisons Rate As % of GB rate in 1998
Great Britain Frequency (1998) 207 100
Great Britain Frequency (1881) 86  
Great Britain Rate (1998) 5  
Great Britain Rate (1881) 3  
Northern Ireland 28.34 550.9
Republic of Ireland 0.00 0.0
Australia 0.00 0.0
New Zealand 9.19 178.7
United States 0.00 0.0
Canada 12.74 247.7
 
 

Geographical Spread

Geographical Spread Statistics
Great Britain top area (1881) Canterbury
Great Britain top area (1998) Perth
Great Britain top area index * 2725
Great Britain top postal town Herne Bay
Number of UK gazetteer entries None
County of gazetteer entry Not applicable
Republic of Ireland top county  
Republic of Ireland top county index *  
Australia top state  
Australia top state index *  
Australia top standard statistical division  
New Zealand top province Wellington
New Zealand top province index * 767
United States top state  
United States top state index *  
Number of gazetteer entries in Africa or Asian none
African or Asian country with most gazetteer entries  
Number of gazetteer entries in African or Asian country named above  
   		  

Social Demographics

Social Demographics Statistics
Category of surname English - Locational Name; Settlement Ending; Ley
Mosaic type with highest index # Semi-Rural Seclusion
Index of top Mosaic type * 476
% of people with a more rural name 39
% of people with a more high-status name 5
Cultural, Ethnic, Linguistic categories of surname British