Origins of the Colley surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 138North West 152Isle of Man 5Yorkshire 958East Midlands 120West Midlands 559East 99London 512South East 234South West 135South Wales 62Mid Wales 34West Wales 2North Wales 56Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Colleys lived in yorkshire

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    4,600 Colley Travel & migration records
    40,000 Colleys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Colley

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    What are the most common Colley first names?

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    Common jobs for Colleys

    Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

    Commmon female occupations for Colleys in 1921

    Dressmaker

    181

    Domestic Servant

    114

    Laundress

    90

    General Servant Domestic

    87

    General Servant

    81

    Commmon male occupations for Colleys in 1921

    Coal Miner

    253

    Agricultural Labourer

    166

    General Labourer

    139

    Farmer

    112

    Farm Labourer

    109

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