Alvey 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 5
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 76
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 22
Essex 5
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 53
Lincolnshire 19
London 80
Middlesex 7
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 268
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 8
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 11
Warwickshire 8
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 57

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Alvey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Alvey family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 9
General Servant Domestic 6
Lace Maker 5
Bricklayer 4
Domestic Servant 4
Coal Miner C Hewer 4
House Painter 3
Dress Maker 3
Coal Miner Under Ground C Hewer 3
Market Gardener 3
Charwoman 2
Domestic 2
Servant Domestic 2
Bricklayer Labourer 2
Cabinet Maker 2
Ladys Maid Domestic 2
Railway Clerk 2
Painter 2
Gardener Domestic 2
Blacksmith 2
Coal Miner Under Ground Coal 2
Colliery Blacksmith 2
Iron Moulder 2
Joiner Carpenter 2
Lace Hand 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Alvey

Name Census Frequency
Mary Alvey 306
William Alvey 303
John Alvey 254
Elizabeth Alvey 177
Sarah Alvey 169
George Alvey 165
Samuel Alvey 129
Thomas Alvey 121
Ann Alvey 116
James Alvey 109
Joseph Alvey 89
Charles Alvey 80
Eliza Alvey 74
Henry Alvey 58
Annie Alvey 55
Arthur Alvey 51
Emma Alvey 47
Jane Alvey 46
Frank Alvey 39
Hannah Alvey 39
Alice Alvey 36
Martha Alvey 35
Edith Alvey 31
Florence Alvey 29
Ellen Alvey 27

Alvey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Levy 40% 28,886
2 Alvey 100% 3,894
3 Levey 60% 3,483
4 Leavy 20% 1,672
5 Elvey 80% 1,628
6 Elvy 60% 1,391
7 Lovey 60% 1,026
8 Leavey 50% 838
9 Lavey 60% 682
10 Lavy 40% 479
11 Olivey 67% 211
12 Alvy 80% 210
13 Livey 60% 184
14 Livy 40% 183
15 Lovy 40% 142
16 Allvey 83% 120

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The surname Alvey is the 2nd most popular variant of Levy.

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