Last Name WADLEY

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Meaning	Local: Of Wadley, a tithing in the parish of Great Farrington, county Berks. Seemingly meaning 'the ford be the meadow.'

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	8,437 (2000 US census)	7,055 (1990 US census)

Count	3,598 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

56.78%, or 2043 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
38.1%, or 1371 total occurrences, as black,
0.33%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.33%, or 48 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.11%, or 76 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.33%, or 48 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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