Rowley Family History

Rowley Surname Meaning

English: habitational name from one or more of various places called Rowley or Rowly such as Rowley Regis (Staffordshire), Rowley (Devon, Durham), Rowleygreen Farm (Hertfordshire), Rowly (Surrey), Rowley (East Yorkshire), Rowley near Bardsey (Yorkshire), Rowley in Lepton (Yorkshire), and Rowley Hill (Essex).

The placenames probably all derive from Old English rūh ‘rough’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though the East Yorkshire place may have been named with hlāw ‘mound, hill’ as the second element.

Irish: from Ó Roghallaigh, a variant of Ó Raghailligh. See Riley and O'Reilly.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Cowley, Howley, Bowley, Oxley, Bromley, Risley, Bodley, Godley, Comley, Onley

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19K	Immigration Records
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Where is the Rowley family from?

You can see how Rowley families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Rowley family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Rowley families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 202 Rowley families living in Ontario. This was about 53% of all the recorded Rowley's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Rowley families in 1911.

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What did your Rowley ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer and Stenographer were the top reported jobs for men and women in the Canada named Rowley. 39% of Rowley men worked as a Farmer and 34% of Rowley women worked as a Stenographer. Some less common occupations for Americans named Rowley were Labourer and Teacher.

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Farmer

39%

Laborer

Clerk

Labourer

Stenographer

34%

Housekeeper

17%

Student

17%

Teacher

12%

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Census Record

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There are 26K military records available for the last name Rowley. For the veterans among your Rowley ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Rowley lifespan?

Between 1943 and 2004, in the United States, Rowley life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for Rowley in 1943 was 67, and 76 in 2004.

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Rowley Surname Meaning

Irish: from Ó Roghallaigh, a variant of Ó Raghailligh. See Riley and O'Reilly.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Rowley family from?

What did your Rowley ancestors do for a living?

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Farmer

39%

Laborer

Clerk

Labourer

Stenographer

34%

Housekeeper

17%

Student

17%

Teacher

12%

What Rowley family records will you find?

What is the average Rowley lifespan?

Between 1943 and 2004, in the United States, Rowley life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for Rowley in 1943 was 67, and 76 in 2004.

Rowley Family History

Rowley Surname Meaning

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