Thorby 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 8
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
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 3
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

Thorby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Thorby family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Silk Weaver 3
Carman 2
Waterman 1
Formerly Laundress Parish Relief 1
Letter Carrier 1
? Room Boy 1
Driver Royal Artillery 1
Nurse 1
Tailoress 1
Colliery Labourer 1
Potters Cup Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Thorby

Name Census Frequency
William Thorby 40
Mary Thorby 35
George Thorby 25
Thomas Thorby 24
John Thorby 16
Robert Thorby 16
Elizabeth Thorby 15
Sarah Thorby 15
Ann Thorby 14
Frederick Thorby 13
Edward Thorby 11
Charlotte Thorby 10
Annie Thorby 9
Emma Thorby 9
Catherine Thorby 8
James Thorby 8
Charles Thorby 7
Eliza Thorby 7
Jane Thorby 7
Amelia Thorby 6
Joseph Thorby 6
Maria Thorby 6
Percy Thorby 6
Emily Thorby 5
Ethel Thorby 5

Thorby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tharby 83% 797
2 Thorby 100% 503

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The surname Thorby is the 2nd most popular variant of Tharby.

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