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O'maley Family History

O'maley Surname Meaning

Irish: variant spelling of O’Malley.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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You can see how O'maley families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'maley family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1861 and 1920. The most O'maley families were found in USA in 1880. In 1861 there was 1 O'maley family living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded O'maley's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of O'maley families in 1861.
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Passenger Lists

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There are 652 military records available for the last name O'maley. For the veterans among your O'maley ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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