Defty 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 25
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 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
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 0

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

Defty Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Defty family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
Coal Miner 3
Engine Smith 1
Labourer Iron Foundrey 1
Labourer Tyne Works 1
Overman At A Colliery 1
Publican 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Defty

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Defty 53
Mary Defty 50
John Defty 49
William Defty 48
Thomas Defty 40
Margaret Defty 37
George Defty 34
Robert Defty 34
Henry Defty 26
Richard Defty 26
Jane Defty 17
Ann Defty 16
James Defty 16
Sarah Defty 15
Emanuel Defty 14
Isabella Defty 10
Joseph Defty 10
Alice Defty 9
Emmanuel Defty 9
Charles Defty 7
Dorothy Defty 7
Emily Defty 7
Eleanor Defty 6
Hannah Defty 6
Nicholas Defty 6

Defty Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dufty 80% 1,891
2 Defty 100% 715

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The surname Defty is the 2nd most popular variant of Dufty.

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