Bailey is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bailey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Bailey is variation of Baly. See Bailey - 1. From Bailli, in the arrondissement of Neufchatel; Bailli in that of Dieppe, in Normandy; Bailey, a township in Lancashire; or Bailie, a township in Cumberland
2. Another form of bailiff, a title of office applied in many ways under our feudal and municipal laws
3. A name given to the courts of a castle formed by the spaces between the circuits of walls or defences which surround the keep.

1. From Bailli, in the arrondissement of Neufchatel; Bailli in that of Dieppe, in Normandy; Bailey, a township in Lancashire; or Bailie, a township in Cumberland
2. Another form of bailiff, a title of office applied in many ways under our feudal and municipal laws
3. A name given to the courts of a castle formed by the spaces between the circuits of walls or defences which surround the keep.

One charged with public administrative authority in a certain district by the king or a lord. Or one acted as agent for the lord in the management of the affairs of the manor. It can also mean one who came from Bailey meaning clearing where berries grew, in Lancashire.

A variant of Baylie. Variant of Bailey that mens one charged with public administrative authority in a certain district by the king or a lord.

Baliff, steward.

The family name Bailey is the variation of Bayley. See Bailey - 1. From Bailli, in the arrondissement of Neufchatel; Bailli in that of Dieppe, in Normandy; Bailey, a township in Lancashire; or Bailie, a township in Cumberland
2. Another form of bailiff, a title of office applied in many ways under our feudal and municipal laws
3. A name given to the courts of a castle formed by the spaces between the circuits of walls or defences which surround the keep.

Is variant form of Bayly. The Bailies or Baylys derived their name from their ancestors having anciently been bailiffs of the districts of Carrick, Kyle, and Cunningham, in Scotland." Bayly of Ballyarthen, county of Wicklow, in B.L.G.

How popular is Bailey?

Bailey is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, New Zealand, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Scotland, Thailand, Panama, Liberia, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Nigeria, Swaziland, Saudi Arabia, Guyana, Germany, France, Mexico, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Vanuatu, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Chile, Honduras, United States Virgin Islands, Venezuela, Brazil, India, Bahamas, Isle of Man, Grenada, Bahrain, Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan, Denmark, Japan, Portugal, Guernsey.

Bailey is ranked 973 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bailey bearers increased by 4.49 per cent in 2010 US census to 277845 since 2000, the surname slipped by 6 spots and ranked at 72. The last name was found in around 9 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.45 74.77
Black 22 21.14
Hispanic or Latino 2.28 1.45
Others 2.16 1.63
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.62 0.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.5 0.4
Bailey is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Jamaica lie ahead in terms of density. Around 547200 people have been found who wears Bailey as their family name. Bailey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Bailey:
63 United States358,133
Countries with ten thousands of Bailey:
51 England86,818
82 Australia29,313
180 Canada20,095
26 Jamaica16,167
663 South Africa10,265
Countries with thousands of Bailey:
93 New Zealand4,154
81 Wales3,543
194 Northern Ireland1,882
486 Ireland1,821
137 Trinidad and Tobago1,474
669 Scotland1,412
Countries with hundreds of Bailey:
10,918 Thailand873
617 Panama714
870 Liberia599
148 Barbados543
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines466
8,544 Spain439
21,473 Nigeria430
268 Swaziland404
10,981 Saudi Arabia398
345 Guyana395
23,572 Germany389
34,242 France301
8,275 Mexico288
316 Belize260
65 Antigua and Barbuda246
281 Vanuatu236
56,221 Philippines218
2,508 Dominican Republic216
2,650 Guatemala212
3,529 Chile191
1,295 Honduras163
93 United States Virgin Islands157
5,462 Venezuela150
48,952 Brazil147
128,839 India147
357 Bahamas146
77 Isle of Man138
170 Grenada120
2,102 Bahrain118
9,084 Papua New Guinea117
4,626 Afghanistan112
5,183 Denmark112
21,422 Japan112
4,850 Portugal104
92 Guernsey103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,342 Belgium98
7,962 Sweden89
21,257 Zimbabwe88
114 Bermuda87
10,341 Switzerland86
1,225 Costa Rica85
27,603 Netherlands85
134 Saint Kitts and Nevis85
164 Jersey81
12,871 Israel74
389 Saint Lucia72
6,401 Haiti71
9,381 Iraq58
13,033 Norway54
27,732 Malaysia52
74,752 Italy51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
168 Cayman Islands50
1,518 China49
9,331 Kuwait48
60,205 Argentina45
2,125 Nicaragua44
2,956 Hong Kong43
6,593 Namibia43
9,859 Ecuador41
179,721 Russia41
41,298 Greece40
41,724 Czechia31
1,949 French Polynesia31
837 Malta30
138 Turks and Caicos Islands30
755 Guam29
3,400 Cyprus28
12,178 Colombia24
197 Curaçao23
21,660 Finland19
5,642 Suriname19
784 Seychelles18
47,931 Austria17
18,229 Botswana17
115,816 Iran17
10,584 Lebanon17
271 British Virgin Islands15
10,878 Palestine15
641 South Korea15
6,140 Cuba14
112,031 Poland14
101 Anguilla13
585 Gibraltar13
372,576 Indonesia13
18,211 Singapore13
401 Cook Islands12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
11,564 Ghana10
36,116 United Arab Emirates10
1,883 Fiji9
30,726 Qatar9
26,217 Estonia8
32,693 Peru8
18,425 Georgia7
89,472 Belarus6
61,769 Benin6
6,441 Bolivia6
62,302 Egypt6
23,065 Taiwan6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old workman Henry Bailey who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 25, 1846 by Robert Parks put out from Liverpool. Valentine Bailey (27) Printer, Immigrant George Bailey, Esther Bailey, aged 22, 4 years old George Bailey, Augusta Bailey, aged 2, John Bailey, aged 32, Patk. Bailey (5), 14 years old Henry Bailey, and 204 other Bailey around 40% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and weaver, servant, clerk, mechanic, milliner, spinster, merchant, miller, whitesmith, miner migrated to US.

From Italy

Laborer Austide Bailey from Italy aboard the England from Liverpool & Queenstown. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on April 20, 1881. 23 years old Rath.L. Bailey, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

U-Mr Bailey was 38 years old when he migrated to USA on September 13, 1864. He lived in Longmaine, Germany where he worked as ship captain and took America from Bremen. Jno. Bailey, aged 27, 31 years old James Bailey, Friedch. Bailey (26) Laborer, Of unknown age Benjamin Bailey, Leo Bailey (21) Laborer, W.J. Bailey, aged 21, Gabriel Bailey, Louise Bailey (31) Journalist, and 1 other Bailey around 37.5% of whom were laborer migrated to US from Liverpool & Queenstown, Hamburg, Havre & London, Antwerp, Southampton and Boulogne & Rotterdam.

Bailey Namesakes

  • Gamaliel Bailey, American journalist, editor and publisher
  • Nathan Bailey, English philologist and lexicographer
  • Aleen Bailey, track and field sprint specialist
  • William Henry Bailey, American author, lawyer, and statesman
  • H. C. Bailey, English author of detective fiction
  • Arthur Scott Bailey, American writer
  • John Moran Bailey, American politician
  • Judy Bailey, former news presenter for ONE News
  • Angela Bailey, Canadian former track and field athlete
  • J. O. Bailey, professor of literature
  • Frederick Marshman Bailey, British intelligence officer and one of the last protagonists of 'The Great Game' - the fight for supremacy between the Russians and the British Empire along the Himalayas
  • Nicholas Bailey, He attended Old Swinford Hospital School
  • Temple Bailey, American novelist and short story writer
  • Derrick Sherwin Bailey, English Christian theologian, born at Alcester
  • Ben Bailey, American comedian, licensed taxi cab driver
  • Harry Bailey, Australian psychiatrist and hospital administrator
  • Ray Bailey, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
  • Jacob Whitman Bailey, American naturalist
  • Beezy Bailey, South African artist
  • John William Bailey, British miniature painter
  • Edward Battersby Bailey, English geologist
  • Lorna Bailey, English potter and businesswoman
  • Loring Woart Bailey, educator, geologist, botanist, and author
  • Benjamin Franklin Bailey, eminent American electrical engineer
  • Pearce Bailey, American neurologist and psychiatrist
  • McDonald Bailey, British and Trinidadian athlete,
  • Nat Bailey, American-born Canadian restaurateur best
  • William Trist Bailey, land developer
  • J. R. Bailey, R&B singer and songwriter
  • Keith Bailey, former Irish cricketer
  • F. G. Bailey, British social anthropologist
  • Otha Bailey, American baseball player
  • Harold Walter Bailey, eminent English scholar of Khotanese, Sanskrit
  • Rufus William Bailey, founder of Augusta Female Seminary, in Staunton, Virginia
  • Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, British couple who, in 1973
  • Stuart Bailey, British graphic designer, writer and editor
  • Ralph Emerson Bailey, U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • Paul Dayton Bailey, owner/publisher of Westernlore Press and a writer of many books himself that focused on the Western American experience and
  • Jeremiah Bailey, United States Representative from Maine
  • Robert L. Bailey, eighth Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
  • Glenda Bailey, editor-in-chief of 'Harper’s Bazaar'
  • Samuel Bailey, British philosopher, economist and writer
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey, American horticulturist and botanist
  • David H. Bailey, mathematician and computer scientist
  • Thomas A. Bailey, professor of history at his alma mater, Stanford University
  • Solon Irving Bailey, American astronomer and discoverer of the main-belt asteroid 504 Cora
  • Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, American ornithologist and nature writer
  • Elizabeth Bailey, American economist
  • Frederick Manson Bailey, botanist active in Australia
  • Victor Albert Bailey, British-Australian physicist
  • Garnet Bailey, Boston BruinsDetroit Red WingsSt
  • Donovan Bailey, retired Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
  • Philip James Bailey, English Spasmodic poet
  • Bill Bailey, English comedian, musician, singer, actor
  • David Bailey, English fashion and portrait photographer
  • Mildred Bailey, Native American jazz singer during the 1930s
  • Carl Edward Bailey, 31st Governor of Arkansas from 1937 to 1941
  • Adrian Bailey, British Labour Co-operative politician
  • Alice Bailey, writer of more than twenty-four books on theosophical subjects

Bailey Namesakes

  • Gamaliel Bailey, American journalist, editor and publisher
  • Nathan Bailey, English philologist and lexicographer
  • Aleen Bailey, track and field sprint specialist
  • William Henry Bailey, American author, lawyer, and statesman
  • H. C. Bailey, English author of detective fiction
  • Arthur Scott Bailey, American writer
  • John Moran Bailey, American politician
  • Judy Bailey, former news presenter for ONE News
  • Angela Bailey, Canadian former track and field athlete
  • J. O. Bailey, professor of literature
  • Frederick Marshman Bailey, British intelligence officer and one of the last protagonists of 'The Great Game' - the fight for supremacy between the Russians and the British Empire along the Himalayas
  • Nicholas Bailey, He attended Old Swinford Hospital School
  • Temple Bailey, American novelist and short story writer
  • Derrick Sherwin Bailey, English Christian theologian, born at Alcester
  • Ben Bailey, American comedian, licensed taxi cab driver
  • Harry Bailey, Australian psychiatrist and hospital administrator
  • Ray Bailey, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
  • Jacob Whitman Bailey, American naturalist
  • Beezy Bailey, South African artist
  • John William Bailey, British miniature painter
  • Edward Battersby Bailey, English geologist
  • Lorna Bailey, English potter and businesswoman
  • Loring Woart Bailey, educator, geologist, botanist, and author
  • Benjamin Franklin Bailey, eminent American electrical engineer
  • Pearce Bailey, American neurologist and psychiatrist
  • McDonald Bailey, British and Trinidadian athlete,
  • Nat Bailey, American-born Canadian restaurateur best
  • William Trist Bailey, land developer
  • J. R. Bailey, R&B singer and songwriter
  • Keith Bailey, former Irish cricketer
  • F. G. Bailey, British social anthropologist
  • Otha Bailey, American baseball player
  • Harold Walter Bailey, eminent English scholar of Khotanese, Sanskrit
  • Rufus William Bailey, founder of Augusta Female Seminary, in Staunton, Virginia
  • Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, British couple who, in 1973
  • Stuart Bailey, British graphic designer, writer and editor
  • Ralph Emerson Bailey, U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • Paul Dayton Bailey, owner/publisher of Westernlore Press and a writer of many books himself that focused on the Western American experience and
  • Jeremiah Bailey, United States Representative from Maine
  • Robert L. Bailey, eighth Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
  • Glenda Bailey, editor-in-chief of 'Harper’s Bazaar'
  • Samuel Bailey, British philosopher, economist and writer
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey, American horticulturist and botanist
  • David H. Bailey, mathematician and computer scientist
  • Thomas A. Bailey, professor of history at his alma mater, Stanford University
  • Solon Irving Bailey, American astronomer and discoverer of the main-belt asteroid 504 Cora
  • Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, American ornithologist and nature writer
  • Elizabeth Bailey, American economist
  • Frederick Manson Bailey, botanist active in Australia
  • Victor Albert Bailey, British-Australian physicist
  • Garnet Bailey, Boston BruinsDetroit Red WingsSt
  • Donovan Bailey, retired Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
  • Philip James Bailey, English Spasmodic poet
  • Bill Bailey, English comedian, musician, singer, actor
  • David Bailey, English fashion and portrait photographer
  • Mildred Bailey, Native American jazz singer during the 1930s
  • Carl Edward Bailey, 31st Governor of Arkansas from 1937 to 1941
  • Adrian Bailey, British Labour Co-operative politician
  • Alice Bailey, writer of more than twenty-four books on theosophical subjects

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