Surby 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 2
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 4
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 1
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 9
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 6

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

Surby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Surby family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 5
Male Servant 2
Mason 1
Chemist 1
In Alms House 1
Farmer 1
Tailor 1
Painter Journeyman 1
Ag Labourer 1
Master 1
Matron 1
School Mistress 1
Staymaker 1
Wool Comber 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Surby

Name Census Frequency
John Surby 23
William Surby 23
Elizabeth Surby 20
Mary Surby 19
George Surby 15
Thomas Surby 11
Alice Surby 8
Edward Surby 8
Ann Surby 7
Annie Surby 7
Hannah Surby 7
Eliza Surby 6
Emily Surby 6
James Surby 6
Jane Surby 6
Sarah Surby 6
Charles Surby 5
Frederick Surby 5
Richard Surby 5
Samuel Surby 5
Walter Surby 5
Albert Surby 4
Amelia Surby 4
Arthur Surby 4
Louisa Surby 4

Surby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Searby 67% 2,065
2 Sorby 80% 2,031
3 Surby 100% 333
4 Sarby 80% 272
5 Serby 80% 221

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The surname Surby is the 3rd most popular variant of Searby.

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