Spey 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 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 20
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 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Spey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Spey family

Profession Census Frequency
Male Servant 3
Female Servant 2
Paper Maker Journeyman 2
Bailiff 1
Bonnet Maker 1
Independent 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Spey

Name Census Frequency
John Spey 10
William Spey 10
Elizabeth Spey 9
Mary Spey 8
Charles Spey 3
James Spey 3
Sarah Spey 3
Stephen Spey 3
Ann Spey 2
Arthur Spey 2
Eliza Spey 2
Emily Spey 2
Ernest Spey 2
George Spey 2
Henry Spey 2
Jane Spey 2
Susan Spey 2
Thomas Spey 2
Agnes Spey 1
Albert Spey 1
Alfred Spey 1
Alice Spey 1
Allan Spey 1
Amelia Spey 1
Anglina Spey 1

Spey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Aspey 80% 2,220
2 Sapey 80% 658
3 Aspy 50% 188
4 Spay 75% 129
5 Spy 75% 118
6 Spey 100% 113
7 Seapy 40% 103

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The surname Spey is the 6th most popular variant of Aspey.

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