Honey 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 5
Berkshire 161
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 10
Cornwall 307
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 208
Dorset 9
Durham 20
Essex 25
Gloucestershire 15
Hampshire 58
Herefordshire 11
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 262
Lancashire 45
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 12
London 334
Middlesex 27
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 68
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 10
Somerset 6
Surrey 43
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 4
Warwickshire 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 16
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 15

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 34
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Honey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Honey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 390
Agricultural Labourer 38
Labourer 28
Farm Labourer 19
Dress Maker 18
Domestic Servant 16
General Servant 14
General Labourer 14
Laundress 11
Annuitant 10
Charwoman 9
General Servant Domestic 9
Copper Miner 9
Carpenter 8
Errand Boy 7
No Occupation 6
Groom 5
House Keeper 5
Servant 5
Tailor 5
Brickmaker 5
Farmers Son 5
Baker 4
Brickfield Labourer 4
Market Gardener 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Honey

Name Census Frequency
William Honey 994
Mary Honey 852
John Honey 807
Elizabeth Honey 614
Thomas Honey 519
George Honey 477
James Honey 466
Sarah Honey 373
Charles Honey 352
Ann Honey 312
Henry Honey 288
Jane Honey 280
Richard Honey 237
Eliza Honey 234
Emily Honey 191
Emma Honey 191
Edward Honey 189
Annie Honey 186
Alfred Honey 177
Joseph Honey 172
Alice Honey 170
Robert Honey 170
Frederick Honey 164
Ellen Honey 163
Samuel Honey 161

Honey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Honey 100% 14,055
2 Haney 80% 3,138
3 Heaney 67% 2,871
4 Heeney 67% 459
5 Heney 80% 364
6 Heany 40% 228
7 Hainey 67% 157
8 Hany 60% 152
9 Hooney 83% 149
10 Honney 83% 148
11 Hiney 80% 142
12 Hony 80% 141
13 Heny 60% 128
14 Huney 80% 107

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

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