In the Gidley Profile on the Guild of One Name Studies website I mention that there are now far more Gidleys in the USA then there are in the UK.
The Publicprofiler.org/worldnames website from University College London puts a different slant on this statement.
This website gives the frequency per million of a surname in the total population, and looked at this way Australia comes out top with a frequency of 14.37 per million. The UK is next with 9.88 FPM, the US 3rd with 5.6 FPM, New Zealand 4th with 3.53 FPM, and Canada last with 0.92 FPM.
Top regions are West Virginia with a frequency of 35.8 per million, Alabama with 34.48 FPM, the South West of the UK with 33.33 FPM, the Timaru district of New Zealand with 28.71 FPM, and Australian Capital Territory with 27.06 FPM.
Top cities in the UK are Exeter, Blackburn, Birmingham, Burnley and Manchester.
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