Dawnay 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 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 4

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

Dawnay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dawnay family

Profession Census Frequency
Fund Holder 1
Fundholder 1
Landed Proprieter 1
Landed Proprietor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dawnay

Name Census Frequency
George Dawnay 5
Hou Dawnay 4
Edith Dawnay 3
Emily Dawnay 3
Eric Dawnay 3
Frederick Dawnay 3
Geoffrey Dawnay 3
John Dawnay 3
Lydia Dawnay 3
Margaret Dawnay 3
Nigel Dawnay 3
Payan Dawnay 3
Thomas Dawnay 3
Charles Dawnay 2
Elvia Dawnay 2
Florence Dawnay 2
Francis Dawnay 2
Helen Dawnay 2
Jane Dawnay 2
Kate Dawnay 2
Kathleen Dawnay 2
Lewis Dawnay 2
Margorie Dawnay 2
Osmond Dawnay 2
Robert Dawnay 2

Dawnay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Downey 67% 14,379
2 Dawney 83% 2,201
3 Downay 83% 326
4 Downy 67% 274
5 Dawnay 100% 121

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The surname Dawnay is the 5th most popular variant of Downey.

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