Smiley Family History
Smiley Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: of uncertain origin; probably a
variant spelling of Smillie, but perhaps a habitational name, a
variant of Smalley, or a nickname from Middle English
smile ‘smile’, ‘grin’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Smiley
Name Distribution of Smiley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Smiley families
 165 - 327  56 - 164 |
 1 - 55  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Smiley families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Smiley families
|
10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Smiley census records
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Smiley Family Origin
Smiley Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Smiley
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Smiley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Smiley census records
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Smiley Civil War Service Records
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