This Family Tree is dedicated to my Grandfather "Harry Bartlett Shelley" who started  putting together this tree. He was very proud of his family and all his hard work in  gathering the information.  Now his hard work is online for everyone to see & will  continue to grow.  We Love You & Miss You Grandpa!

The Shelley name was originally "Schelle". The name was anglicized to Shelley or  Shelly.

The Shelley surname can be either English or Irish.  

When English it is of locational origin from any of the various places so called, for  example Shelley in Essex, Suffolk, and West Riding of Yorkshire.

The Irish surname is recorded in the spellings of O' Shelley and Shelley in Munster  and as Shally in Connacht, with the much rarer forms of Shaloe, Shalloe, Shallow, and  Shalloo, being recorded in Counties Clare and Tipperary, although these counties are  far apart. The name derives from the Ancient Gaelic O' Sealbhaigh, meaning "the  descendant of the land owner" or similar, one who held possessions.

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DEATH STATISTICS

72.6 years is the average lifespan for people named Shelley. There were 4,941 people  named Shelley in the Social Security Death Index between 1937 and 2010.

DIVERSITY IN POPULATION OF LAST NAME

The last name Shelley ranks about 2,373 in popularity in the U.S. There were approximately  13,995 people with this last name in a recent census.

ETHNICITY AND ETHNOGRAPHY

We estimate the ethnicity of the name Shelley to be .. 87.30% White or Caucasian .. 9.00% Black or  African American .. 1.29% Hispanic .. 0.59% Asian or Pacific Islander .. 0.60% American Indian or  Alaskan Native .. 1.23% two or more races.

LAST NAMES THAT ARE SIMILAR

Shealy, Sheely, Sheeley, Shaul, Shawley, Shealey, Shaull, Sheil, Shallow, Shawl, Shall, Shalley,  Shalla, Shale, Shallo, Shally, Sheele, Sheel, Sheill, Sheally, Shaal, Shalloe, Shail, Shaley, Shala,  Shalloo, Sheela, Shawala, Shal, Shallue, Shawell, Shaloo, Shehl, Sheall, Shallah, Shela, Shauley,  Shawly, Sheilley, Shailo, Shawel, Shaoul, Shalow, Shaloway, Shahly, Shawlee, Shaluha, Shaloy,  Shealie, Shel

DEATHS BY REGION ISSUED SSA NUMBER

Alabama  204
 Alaska  8
 Arizona  47
 Arkansas  62
 California  311
 Colorado  38
 Connecticut  37
 Delaware  3
 District of Columbia  21
 Florida  116
 Georgia  178
 Hawaii  3
 Idaho  29
 Illinois  158
 Indiana  212
 Iowa  72
 Louisiana  63
 Kansas  63
 Kentucky  174
 Maine  9
 Maryland  63
 Massachusetts  83
 Michigan  148
 Minnesota  60
 Mississippi  69
 Missouri  175
 Montana  19
 Nebraska  44
 Nevada  4
 New Hampshire  17
 New Jersey  91
 New Mexico  17
 New York  399
 North Carolina  133
 North Dakota  18
 Ohio  216
 Oklahoma  64
 Oregon  92
 Pennsylvania  428
 Rhode Island  10
 South Carolina  264
 South Dakota  5
 Tennessee  157
 Texas  207
 Utah  56
 Vermont  3
 Virginia  92
 Washington  84
 West Virginia  19
 Wisconsin  60
 Wyoming  3
 Virgin Islands  1
 RR Retirement Board  32

The above stats are from http://www.deathfigures.com/
 on November 20, 2016