Risley Family History
Risley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Risley in Derbyshire and Lancashire
or Riseley in Bedfordshire and Berkshire, all so named from Old
English hris ‘brushwood’ + leah ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Risley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Risley families
 70 - 138  24 - 69 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Risley families
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41 - 79 14 - 40 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Risley families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Risley census records
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Risley Family Origin
Risley Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Risley
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Risley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Risley census records
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Risley Civil War Service Records
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