Dorey Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 8
Buckinghamshire 15
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 243
Cheshire 10
Cornwall 17
Cumberland 9
Derbyshire 14
Devon 8
Dorset 125
Durham 4
Essex 20
Gloucestershire 15
Hampshire 153
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 21
Lancashire 52
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 171
Middlesex 66
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 16
Suffolk 1
Somerset 44
Surrey 27
Sussex 48
Staffordshire 26
Warwickshire 10
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 37

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 12
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 13
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dorey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dorey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 205
General Labourer 23
Agricultural Labourer 20
Farmer 18
Dress Maker 17
Carpenter 13
Domestic Servant 13
Laundress 11
Living On Own Means 10
Living On Her Own Means 8
Farm Labourer 7
Labourer 7
Carter 6
General Servant 6
Coal Miner 6
General Servant Domestic 5
General Domestic Servant 5
Charwoman 4
Draper 4
Dressmaker 4
Gardener 4
Grocer 4
Grocer Assistant 4
Stone Mason 4
Butcher 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Dorey

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dorey 460
John Dorey 438
William Dorey 434
George Dorey 320
Elizabeth Dorey 247
Thomas Dorey 227
James Dorey 220
Sarah Dorey 199
Eliza Dorey 165
Henry Dorey 158
Charles Dorey 153
Ann Dorey 149
Jane Dorey 145
Alice Dorey 143
Frederick Dorey 108
Joseph Dorey 103
Arthur Dorey 89
Ellen Dorey 89
Emma Dorey 87
Alfred Dorey 84
Richard Dorey 81
Louisa Dorey 80
Annie Dorey 79
Albert Dorey 66
Margaret Dorey 66

Dorey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dorey 100% 7,927
2 Dray 60% 5,882
3 Darey 80% 4,391
4 Dry 60% 4,160
5 Dury 60% 2,849
6 Deary 40% 2,393
7 Dary 60% 1,338
8 Dory 80% 811
9 Durey 80% 728
10 Dairy 40% 700
11 Deery 40% 336
12 Drye 40% 294
13 Droy 60% 183
14 Doury 60% 180
15 Dery 60% 171
16 Drey 80% 150
17 Daury 40% 134
18 Dearey 67% 113
19 Doorey 83% 113
20 Diery 40% 109
21 Odery 40% 104

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The surname Dorey is the most popular version of all its varients

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