Southy 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 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 7
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 9
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 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Southy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Southy family

Profession Census Frequency
Ploughboy On Farm Ag Horse 2
Tin Mine Labourer 2
Chaff Cutter 1
Fish Monger 1
General Servant 1
House Keeper 1
Postman Town 1
Seaman 1
Accountant 1
Carter On Farm Ag Horse 1
At School 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Southy

Name Census Frequency
Mary Southy 12
Elizabeth Southy 10
Sarah Southy 9
Ann Southy 8
Samuel Southy 8
Charles Southy 7
Henry Southy 7
John Southy 7
Ellen Southy 6
Francis Southy 6
William Southy 6
George Southy 5
Joseph Southy 4
Thomas Southy 4
Alfred Southy 3
Edward Southy 3
Eliza Southy 3
Emma Southy 3
Jane Southy 3
Alexander Southy 2
Amelia Southy 2
Amy Southy 2
Annie Southy 2
Dorothy Southy 2
Edmund Southy 2

Southy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Southey 86% 3,955
2 Southy 100% 195

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The surname Southy is the 2nd most popular variant of Southey.

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