Deway Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 6

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

Deway Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Deway family

Profession Census Frequency
Spinner 2
Dressmaker 1
Gardener(domestic) 1
Spinning Overlooker 1
Plasterer 1
Servant Parlourmaid (domestic) 1
Ladysmaid 1
House Maid (domestic) 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Deway

Name Census Frequency
William Deway 10
Mary Deway 9
Charles Deway 6
George Deway 6
James Deway 6
Jane Deway 6
Frederick Deway 5
John Deway 4
Sarah Deway 4
Ann Deway 3
Annie Deway 3
Arthur Deway 3
Elizabeth Deway 3
Joseph Deway 3
Ada Deway 2
Albert Deway 2
Anne Deway 2
Charlotte Deway 2
Eliza Deway 2
Emma Deway 2
Frank Deway 2
Harry Deway 2
Ivy Deway 2
Martha Deway 2
Matthew Deway 2

Deway Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dewey 80% 8,657
2 Dowey 60% 1,549
3 Dawey 60% 381
4 Adaway 67% 380
5 Dewy 80% 255
6 Deway 100% 149

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The surname Deway is the 6th most popular variant of Dewey.

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