Population Movement and Cultural Identity Geography and History of the Adley 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


 
 

Statistics about this name

Frequency 1881 1998 Change
Frequency 230 161 -69
Rank Order 11534 19303 -7769
Occurrences per million names 9 4 -5

 
Ethnicity of forenames
Ethnicity of forenames ADLEY
Number of occurrences as forename  
Closest similar surname (phononym) ADDLEY
British or unknown 98.31
---English or unknown 97.75
---Irish 0.56
---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 0.56
Hungarian 0.00
Italian 0.00
Nordic 0.00
Polish or Czech 0.00
Russian 0.00
Black African 0.00
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 1.12
 Name: ADLEY  

International Comparisons

International Comparisons Rate As % of GB rate in 1998
Great Britain Frequency (1998) 166 100
Great Britain Frequency (1881) 230  
Great Britain Rate (1998) 4  
Great Britain Rate (1881) 9  
Northern Ireland 0.00 0.0
Republic of Ireland 0.00 0.0
Australia 0.00 0.0
New Zealand 0.00 0.0
United States 4.11 99.6
Canada 0.00 0.0

 
Geographical Spread
Geographical Spread Statistics
Great Britain top area (1881) Canterbury
Great Britain top area (1998) Halifax
Great Britain top area index * 1350
Great Britain top postal town Canterbury
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  
New Zealand top province index *  
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 # Summer Playgrounds
Index of top Mosaic type * 448
% of people with a more rural name 84
% of people with a more high-status name 5
Cultural, Ethnic, Linguistic categories of surname British