Curley Family History
Curley Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of McCurley.English (of
Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in
northern France named Corlay, for example in Côtes-du-Nord and
Indre, or possibly from Corlieu, the former name of La Rue Saint
Pierre in Oise. Reaney and Wilson suggest also it may have been a
variant of the nickname Curlew, after the bird, Anglo-Norman
French curleu.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Curley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Curley families
 190 - 377  64 - 189 |
 1 - 63  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Curley families
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179 - 355 60 - 178 |
1 - 59 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Curley families
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47 - 91 16 - 46 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Curley Family Origin
Curley Immigration Information
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Curley Family Occupations
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