The ely Surname

ely Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from the cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English ?l ‘eel’ + ge ‘district’.
Probably also an Americanized form of German Eley.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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ely Family Facts

Distribution of ely Families in the US in 1920

Number of ely families

170-338

57-169

1-56

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 329 - Messages: 830

Thread	Author	Replies
James O. ELY/ Dinsmore ELY in Winnetka, IL	Paul McLeod	6
Elias Ely	Roberta Yates	24
John T. Ely	Marion_Neff	0
Abraham Ely	BlakeHoltzbach	0
Ely - Bradford, Potter, Elk PA counties, Oliver W. & Ferdinand	seely58	2
Sarah Ely b. 1737 gr granddaughter of Joshua Ely, d. 1702	saramac58	2
Joshua J. Ely Miami Co OH 1860	cindycairns	3
Warren Ely & Phoebe Clark in The Ely Ancestry	ladygossamer	0
William L Ely	gpagma1	6
Henry Prince Ely	Shirley Bradley Haire	9

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