Navy 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 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 8
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Navy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Navy family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Independent 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Garden Women 1
Male Servant 1
Shop Keeper 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Navy

Name Census Frequency
John Navy 17
Mary Navy 14
Thomas Navy 9
Ann Navy 8
Catherine Navy 6
Elizabeth Navy 6
George Navy 6
Jane Navy 6
Bridget Navy 5
James Navy 5
Michael Navy 5
Patrick Navy 5
Sarah Navy 5
William Navy 5
Margaret Navy 4
Martin Navy 4
Edward Navy 3
Kate Navy 3
Ada Navy 2
Alice Navy 2
Annie Navy 2
Anthony Navy 2
Eliza Navy 2
Emma Navy 2
Henry Navy 2

Navy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nevey 60% 486
2 Navy 100% 176
3 Navey 80% 142

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The surname Navy is the 2nd most popular variant of Nevey.

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