Proby Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 1
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 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 11

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

Proby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Proby family

Profession Census Frequency
Boiler Maker 2
House Ship Decorator 1
Labourer Builder 1
Machinist Tailor 1
Retired District Superintendant Of Police India 1
School Boy 1
School Boy Student 1
Retired Clergyman Church Of England Living On Own Means 1
Clergyman Church Of England 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Proby

Name Census Frequency
Mary Proby 14
William Proby 12
John Proby 9
Joseph Proby 9
George Proby 7
Charles Proby 6
Sarah Proby 6
Ellen Proby 5
Frances Proby 5
Henry Proby 5
Jane Proby 5
Lydia Proby 5
Louisa Proby 4
Alice Proby 3
Annie Proby 3
Blanche Proby 3
David Proby 3
Elizabeth Proby 3
Fanny Proby 3
Francis Proby 3
Lady Proby 3
Martha Proby 3
Richard Proby 3
Maria Proby 2
Martin Proby 2

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