Diffey Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 49
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Diffey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Diffey family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 8
Independent 2
Male Servant 2
Female Servant 1
Gardener 1
Labourer 1
Nurse 1
Mariner 1
Dipenting 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Diffey

Name Census Frequency
William Diffey 79
George Diffey 70
John Diffey 58
Mary Diffey 51
Elizabeth Diffey 35
James Diffey 28
Edward Diffey 26
Ann Diffey 25
Sarah Diffey 25
Ellen Diffey 24
Charles Diffey 21
Eliza Diffey 19
Emma Diffey 19
Frederick Diffey 19
Annie Diffey 17
Joseph Diffey 17
Robert Diffey 16
Alfred Diffey 15
Jane Diffey 12
Agnes Diffey 10
Henry Diffey 10
Arthur Diffey 9
Gertrude Diffey 9
Thomas Diffey 9
Walter Diffey 9

Diffey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Duffy 67% 27,730
2 Duffey 83% 6,825
3 Diffey 100% 1,067
4 Daffy 67% 382
5 Daffey 83% 214

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The surname Diffey is the 3rd most popular variant of Duffy.

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