Basby 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 5
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

Basby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Basby family

Profession Census Frequency
Carter 2
Water Man 1
Bookbinder Apprentrice 1
Carman 1
Dairyman 1
General Servant 1
Goldsmith 1
Goldsmiths Wife 1
Scholar 1
Blacksmith 1
Groom 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Basby

Name Census Frequency
Mary Basby 15
John Basby 13
William Basby 11
Charles Basby 9
Thomas Basby 9
George Basby 8
Henry Basby 8
Elizabeth Basby 7
James Basby 6
Joseph Basby 6
Sarah Basby 6
Alice Basby 5
Ann Basby 5
Ellen Basby 5
Eliza Basby 4
Frank Basby 4
Harriet Basby 4
Edward Basby 3
Emily Basby 3
Harry Basby 3
Walter Basby 3
Ada Basby 2
Annie Basby 2
Samuel Basby 2
Stephen Basby 2

Basby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Busby 80% 19,125
2 Bisby 80% 1,284
3 Bisbey 67% 212
4 Basby 100% 209
5 Busbey 67% 156
6 Beesby 67% 143
7 Beasby 83% 124
8 Besby 80% 112

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The surname Basby is the 4th most popular variant of Busby.

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