Olroyd 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 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
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 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 58

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

Olroyd Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Olroyd family

Profession Census Frequency
Fancy Cloth Weaver 3
Weaver 2
Carpenter 1
Blanket Maker 1
Cloth Dresser 1
Dyer 1
Independant 1
Independent 1
Inn Keeper 1
Stone Mason 1
Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Olroyd

Name Census Frequency
William Olroyd 24
Mary Olroyd 21
Elizabeth Olroyd 15
John Olroyd 14
Thomas Olroyd 14
James Olroyd 13
Hannah Olroyd 12
Sarah Olroyd 11
George Olroyd 10
Eliza Olroyd 7
Martha Olroyd 7
Jane Olroyd 6
Ann Olroyd 5
Annie Olroyd 5
Henry Olroyd 5
Joseph Olroyd 4
Louisa Olroyd 4
Samuel Olroyd 4
Alice Olroyd 3
Benjamin Olroyd 3
David Olroyd 3
Ellen Olroyd 3
Emma Olroyd 3
Robert Olroyd 3
Ruth Olroyd 3

Olroyd Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Learoyd 57% 2,172
2 Olroyd 100% 283
3 Alroyd 83% 224

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The surname Olroyd is the 2nd most popular variant of Learoyd.

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