Shortey 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 1
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 9
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Shortey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shortey family

Profession Census Frequency
Ribbon Weaver 3
Ag Labourer 2
Seaman's Wife 1
Ag Labourer Wife 1
Winder In Cotton Mill 1
Scholar 1
Seaton At Cove Mntry 1
Silk Weaver 1
Commercial Teacher 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shortey

Name Census Frequency
John Shortey 10
Mary Shortey 9
James Shortey 8
William Shortey 8
Ann Shortey 7
Eliza Shortey 5
George Shortey 5
Jane Shortey 5
Thomas Shortey 5
Bridget Shortey 4
Elizabeth Shortey 4
Margaret Shortey 4
Arthur Shortey 3
Charles Shortey 3
Emma Shortey 3
Frederick Shortey 3
Herbert Shortey 3
Joseph Shortey 3
Alice Shortey 2
Benjamin Shortey 2
Catherine Shortey 2
Charlotte Shortey 2
Edith Shortey 2
Esther Shortey 2
Florence Shortey 2

Shortey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shurety 57% 528
2 Shortey 100% 149

Did you know?

The surname Shortey is the 2nd most popular variant of Shurety.

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