Burby 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 1
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 37
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 11
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Burby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Burby family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 15
Labourer 3
Female Servant 3
Independent 2
Male Servant 2
Shoemaker 1
Publican 1
Rope Maker 1
Shoe Binder 1
Shoe Maker 1
Stockinger 1
Servant 1
Baker 1
Painter 1
Widow 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Burby

Name Census Frequency
William Burby 41
John Burby 38
Mary Burby 31
James Burby 28
Sarah Burby 27
Elizabeth Burby 23
George Burby 20
Thomas Burby 19
Charles Burby 15
Henry Burby 15
Jane Burby 15
Ann Burby 12
Annie Burby 11
Robert Burby 11
Eliza Burby 10
Albert Burby 9
Frederick Burby 9
Arthur Burby 8
Hannah Burby 8
Joseph Burby 8
Alfred Burby 7
Ellen Burby 7
Margaret Burby 7
Richard Burby 7
Frank Burby 6

Burby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Braby 60% 1,583
2 Barby 80% 1,430
3 Burby 100% 656
4 Barbey 67% 248
5 Birby 80% 182
6 Berby 80% 176
7 Bearby 67% 142

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The surname Burby is the 3rd most popular variant of Braby.

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