Worthey 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 0
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 19
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 7
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 5
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 4
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Worthey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Worthey family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 3
Shipwright 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Collier 2
Merchant 1
Nailer 1
Blacksmith 1
Male Servant 1
Potter 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Worthey

Name Census Frequency
William Worthey 43
Mary Worthey 42
John Worthey 40
Elizabeth Worthey 29
Sarah Worthey 24
George Worthey 22
James Worthey 17
Joseph Worthey 14
Samuel Worthey 14
Jane Worthey 12
Thomas Worthey 12
Henry Worthey 10
Ann Worthey 9
Annie Worthey 9
Charles Worthey 9
Emma Worthey 9
Hannah Worthey 9
Alfred Worthey 7
Edith Worthey 7
Margaret Worthey 7
Richard Worthey 7
Eliza Worthey 6
Alice Worthey 5
Emily Worthey 5
Florence Worthey 5

Worthey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Worthy 86% 7,026
2 Worthey 100% 563

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The surname Worthey is the 2nd most popular variant of Worthy.

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