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RILEY

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There are approximately 44,089 people named Riley in the UK. That makes it the 190th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 698 are named Riley.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Riley surname in historical dictionaries

RILEY. Probably derived from a place in Brittany, formerly called Rilley or Relay, the seat of an Abbey of Augustiniaus, in the diocese of Reunes. In the IJarish-registers of Newchurch, in Rossendale, CO. Lancaster, tlie name of the Rileys was almost uniformly spelt Rilaj', down to the middle of the XVI II. century. Inf. H. T. Riley, Esq.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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