Hankey 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 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 8
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 171
Cornwall 14
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 24
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 8
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 15
Lancashire 111
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 63
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 8
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 25
Warwickshire 12
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 14

Wales

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

Hankey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hankey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 91
House Servant 16
Agricultural Labourer 14
Labourer 12
Wife Of Above 8
Laundress 8
Carter 4
Farm Labourer 4
Fund Holder 4
Merchant 4
Dress Maker 3
Salt Rock Miner 3
Servant 3
Assistant 3
Tanner 3
Cow Man 2
Farm Servant 2
Farmers Daughter 2
General Labourer 2
Gardener 2
Farmer 2
Poor Person 2
Wheelwright 2
Tailor 2
Furnaceman 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Hankey

Name Census Frequency
John Hankey 371
William Hankey 353
Mary Hankey 315
Thomas Hankey 270
Elizabeth Hankey 219
Sarah Hankey 175
James Hankey 156
George Hankey 155
Ann Hankey 142
Jane Hankey 128
Joseph Hankey 117
Ellen Hankey 112
Margaret Hankey 108
Alice Hankey 87
Charles Hankey 75
Hannah Hankey 69
Edward Hankey 66
Henry Hankey 66
Annie Hankey 65
Samuel Hankey 65
Robert Hankey 61
Eliza Hankey 60
Martha Hankey 56
Richard Hankey 54
Arthur Hankey 48

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