Boughay 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 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 9
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

Boughay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Boughay family

Profession Census Frequency
Potter Apprentice 2
Female Servant 1
Carrier 1
Farmer 1
Inn Keeper 1
Male Servant 1
Coal Miner Miner Miner 1
Collier 1
Shoe Maker 1
Pawn Broker 1
Warehouseman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Boughay

Name Census Frequency
William Boughay 28
Mary Boughay 24
John Boughay 23
Elizabeth Boughay 22
James Boughay 19
George Boughay 16
Sarah Boughay 14
Thomas Boughay 13
Ann Boughay 10
Arthur Boughay 8
David Boughay 8
Henry Boughay 6
Robert Boughay 6
Harry Boughay 5
Herbert Boughay 5
Martha Boughay 5
Alfred Boughay 4
Charles Boughay 4
Emma Boughay 4
Frederick Boughay 4
Joseph Boughay 4
Maria Boughay 4
Samuel Boughay 4
Anne Boughay 3
Beatrice Boughay 3

Boughay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Boughey 86% 4,351
2 Boughay 100% 340

Did you know?

The surname Boughay is the 2nd most popular variant of Boughey.

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