Last Name JOLLEY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: The jolly, merry, gay, festive.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 3,574 (2000 US census) 3,646 (1990 US census)
Count 9,126 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.15%, or 8136 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.2%, or 657 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.56%, or 51 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.59%, or 54 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.13%, or 103 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.37%, or 125 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

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