Busy 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 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 11
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Busy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Busy family

Profession Census Frequency
Button Ketter 3
Laundress 2
Scholar 2
Silk Weaver 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Dress Maker 1
House Maid 1
Labourer 1
At Home 1
Shoe Binder 1
Shoe Maker Master 1
House Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Busy

Name Census Frequency
William Busy 10
John Busy 9
Elizabeth Busy 7
Mary Busy 6
Rebecca Busy 6
Edward Busy 5
Hannah Busy 5
Alfred Busy 4
Ann Busy 4
Benjamin Busy 4
Eliza Busy 4
Ellen Busy 4
Emma Busy 4
James Busy 4
Alice Busy 3
Arthur Busy 3
Clara Busy 3
Emily Busy 3
George Busy 3
Henrietta Busy 3
Laura Busy 3
Miss Busy 2
Oscar Busy 2
Richard Busy 2
Samuel Busy 2

Busy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Boosey 50% 1,684
2 Basey 60% 1,237
3 Beasy 60% 390
4 Bussy 80% 368
5 Busey 80% 181
6 Busy 100% 170
7 Beasey 50% 123
8 Bizzey 33% 109

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The surname Busy is the 6th most popular variant of Boosey.

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