Wesby 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 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 1
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 10
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 4
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Wesby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wesby family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 8
Female Servant 2
Draper 1
Ag Lab 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Flax Grinder 1
Traveller Or Hawker 1
Independent 1
Dress Maker 1
School Mistress 1
Bricklayer 1
Inn Keeper 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wesby

Name Census Frequency
William Wesby 19
Eliza Wesby 18
Thomas Wesby 17
Elizabeth Wesby 13
George Wesby 13
Mary Wesby 13
James Wesby 12
John Wesby 12
Ann Wesby 11
Hannah Wesby 11
Emma Wesby 9
Sarah Wesby 9
Ellen Wesby 7
Jane Wesby 7
Robert Wesby 7
Edward Wesby 5
Samuel Wesby 5
Frederick Wesby 4
Walter Wesby 4
Charlotte Wesby 3
David Wesby 3
Martha Wesby 3
Peter Wesby 3
Ada Wesby 2
Alice Wesby 2

Wesby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wisbey 67% 3,657
2 Wisby 80% 1,967
3 Wesby 100% 289

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The surname Wesby is the 3rd most popular variant of Wisbey.

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