Onley Family History
Onley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Onley or Olney in Northamptonshire,
possibly also from Onneley in Staffordshire. Like Olney, Onley was
named in Old English as ‘lonely (ana, from an
‘one’) glade (leah)’; Onneley has the same second element,
and possibly the same initial one, though this may alternatively have
been a personal name, Onna.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Onley Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Onley families
 16 - 29  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Onley families
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47 - 91 16 - 46 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Onley Family Origin
Onley Immigration Information
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Onley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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