Foley Family History
Foley Name Meaning
(southern) reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Foghladha ‘descendant of Foghlaidh’, a byname meaning
‘pirate’, ‘marauder’.(northern) Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Searraigh (see McSharry), chosen because of its phonetic
approximation to English foal.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Foley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Foley families
 839 - 1,675  280 - 838 |
 1 - 279  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Foley families
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422 - 841 141 - 421 |
1 - 140 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Foley families
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124 - 245 42 - 123 |
1 - 41 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Foley Family Origin
Foley Immigration Information
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Foley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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