Last Name OLLEY

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Meaning Local: De Oilli, or Oyly. or Oilgi. Robert de Oilgi appears as a tenant-in-chief in many counties; also Wido de Oilgi in county Oxford. At any rate, Olleys may say they 'came over with the Conqueror.'The surname ramified strongly, and became represented in every grade of society in England. Also, 'the son of Oliver,' pet form Olly. This is a more modern derivation than local.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 45,735 (2000 US census)
Count 440 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.91%, or 378 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 11.59%, or 51 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.14%, or 5 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

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...

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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