Doby 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 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
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 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 8

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

Doby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Doby family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 4
Scholar 2
Vocalist 1
Grocer Manager 1
House Keeper 1
Labourer 1
Silver Smith 1
Warehouse Girl 1
Waiter 1
Laundres 1
School 1
Visitor 1
Butcher Dealer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Doby

Name Census Frequency
Mary Doby 24
William Doby 22
John Doby 17
Thomas Doby 16
James Doby 14
Ann Doby 11
Elizabeth Doby 10
Jane Doby 10
Margaret Doby 9
Sarah Doby 8
Robert Doby 7
Catherine Doby 4
Hannah Doby 4
Jonathan Doby 4
Joseph Doby 4
David Doby 3
Eliza Doby 3
Emily Doby 3
Henry Doby 3
Ralph Doby 3
Bridget Doby 2
Charles Doby 2
Dora Doby 2
George Doby 2
Harry Doby 2

Doby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Daby 75% 600
2 Doughby 57% 414
3 Adby 50% 324
4 Doby 100% 251
5 Dobey 80% 207
6 Dauby 60% 191
7 Duby 75% 154
8 Dabey 60% 121

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The surname Doby is the 4th most popular variant of Daby.

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