Whaley Family History
Whaley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whaley in Derbyshire, Whalley in
Lancashire, or Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire (formerly in Cheshire). The
first is probably named with Old English wælla ‘spring’,
‘stream’ + leah ‘(woodland) clearing’. The second has as the
first element Old English hwæl ‘round hill’, and the last
has Old English weg ‘path’, ‘road’ as the first element, the
second element in both cases also being leah.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
413,101
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Name Distribution of Whaley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Whaley families
 113 - 223  38 - 112 |
 1 - 37  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Whaley families
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195 - 387 66 - 194 |
1 - 65 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Whaley families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Whaley Family Origin
Whaley Immigration Information
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Whaley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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