Ferry Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 21
Cornwall 9
Cumberland 9
Derbyshire 11
Devon 14
Dorset 38
Durham 433
Essex 78
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 70
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 0
Kent 80
Lancashire 69
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 8
London 312
Middlesex 62
Northumberland 79
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 42
Nottinghamshire 14
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 5
Somerset 0
Surrey 26
Sussex 49
Staffordshire 16
Warwickshire 35
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 14
Yorkshire 129

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ferry Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ferry family

Profession Census Frequency
School 165
Coal Miner Hewer 15
Labourer 13
Assisting In The Business 13
Cabinet Maker 11
None 11
Domestic Servant 10
Private Means 9
General Labourer 8
At School 8
Clerk 6
Dressmaker 6
Farm Labourer 6
Carpenter 6
House Keeper 5
Shop Assistant 5
General Servant (domestic) 5
Carter 5
No Occupation 4
School Teacher 4
Waitress 4
Bank Clerk 4
Miner Coal Hewer 4
Shipyard Labourer 4
Slater 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Ferry

Name Census Frequency
William Ferry 727
John Ferry 709
Mary Ferry 702
Elizabeth Ferry 488
George Ferry 451
Sarah Ferry 371
James Ferry 352
Thomas Ferry 352
Jane Ferry 289
Henry Ferry 244
Ann Ferry 243
Robert Ferry 239
Charles Ferry 215
Edward Ferry 196
Margaret Ferry 192
Joseph Ferry 174
Annie Ferry 163
Eliza Ferry 156
Emma Ferry 137
Hannah Ferry 133
Alfred Ferry 132
Alice Ferry 132
Ellen Ferry 114
Emily Ferry 112
Arthur Ferry 110

Ferry Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ferry 100% 11,369
2 Fairey 50% 3,226
3 Farey 60% 3,204
4 Frary 60% 1,709
5 Farry 80% 1,358
6 Farrey 67% 1,301
7 Fairy 60% 1,032
8 Furry 80% 581
9 Ferrie 67% 522
10 Ferrey 83% 423
11 Fery 80% 359
12 Fary 60% 299
13 Frarey 50% 249
14 Ferey 80% 181
15 Farrie 50% 154
16 Furrey 67% 153
17 Fairrie 43% 123

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

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