Dunkley Family History
Dunkley Name Meaning
English: of uncertain derivation, possibly a habitational name from
Dinckley in Lancashire, recorded in 1246 as Dunkythele and
Dinkedelay, and probably named with an old British name,
composed of elements meaning ‘fort’ + ‘wood’, with the addition of Old
English leah ‘woodland clearing’. In the British Isles the
surname is now most common in Northamptonshire.
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Name Distribution of Dunkley Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dunkley families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dunkley families
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450 - 897 151 - 449 |
1 - 150 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dunkley families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dunkley Family Origin
Dunkley Immigration Information
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Dunkley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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