Dilby 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 4
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 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 1
London 10
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 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

Dilby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dilby family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Baker 1
House Keeper Domestic 1
Gas Engine Stoker 1
General Labourer 1
School Mistress 1
Laundress Wash 1
Plumber & Glazier 1
Cleeming 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dilby

Name Census Frequency
William Dilby 13
John Dilby 8
Ann Dilby 6
Sarah Dilby 6
Joseph Dilby 5
Alfred Dilby 4
Ellen Dilby 4
George Dilby 4
Charles Dilby 3
Edith Dilby 3
Louisa Dilby 3
Albert Dilby 2
Arthur Dilby 2
Elizabeth Dilby 2
Emily Dilby 2
Frederick Dilby 2
James Dilby 2
Mary Dilby 2
Thomas Dilby 2
Anisey Dilby 1
Annie Dilby 1
Axton Dilby 1
Daniel Dilby 1
Dinah Dilby 1
Eleanor Dilby 1

Dilby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dalby 80% 16,087
2 Dolby 80% 7,440
3 Daulby 67% 1,134
4 Dolbey 67% 277
5 Delby 80% 171
6 Dilby 100% 106
7 Dalbey 67% 100

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The surname Dilby is the 6th most popular variant of Dalby.

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