Ady Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Channel Islands 1
Cornwall 51
Devon 4
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 3
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 3
London 26
Middlesex 7
Oxfordshire 4
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 11
Wiltshire 15
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 3
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Westmorland 0

Ady Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ady family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 14
Female Servant 5
Inmate 4
Farmer 3
Labourer 2
Male Servant 2
Tailoress 2
Independent 2
Clerk 2
Ribbon Weaver 2
Mariner 1
Agricultural Male Servant 1
Independant 1
Stone Mason 1
Stone Keeper 1
Silk Winder 1
Ware House Boy 1
? Maker 1
Accountant 1
Ag Lab 1
Dealer 1
Gold Beaters Apprentice 1
J Carpenter 1
Sempstress 1
Ag Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ady

Name Census Frequency
Mary Ady 62
William Ady 56
John Ady 47
James Ady 41
Elizabeth Ady 39
Thomas Ady 26
Jane Ady 23
Ann Ady 22
Charles Ady 22
George Ady 21
Robert Ady 20
Sarah Ady 18
Richard Ady 17
Martha Ady 15
Eliza Ady 14
Emma Ady 13
Henry Ady 13
Alfred Ady 11
Ellen Ady 11
Emily Ady 11
Frederick Ady 11
Joseph Ady 11
Maria Ady 11
Charlotte Ady 9
Hannah Ady 9

Ady Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Day 33% 209,871
2 Dye 33% 16,222
3 Addy 75% 9,875
4 Adey 75% 6,886
5 Eady 75% 5,272
6 Doy 33% 2,588
7 Edey 50% 1,928
8 Dey 33% 1,818
9 Ody 67% 1,746
10 Addey 60% 1,028
11 Udy 67% 1,027
12 Odey 50% 953
13 Edy 67% 927
14 Ady 100% 844
15 Adye 75% 589
16 Daye 25% 426
17 Oday 50% 387
18 Doye 25% 379
19 Edye 50% 314
20 Eadey 60% 209
21 Eudey 40% 163
22 Aday 75% 154
23 Aedy 75% 108
24 Duy 33% 108
25 Deay 25% 105

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The surname Ady is the 14th most popular variant of Day.

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