Donaby Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Discover how your Donaby ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.

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 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
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 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

Donaby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Donaby family

Profession Census Frequency
General Domestic Servant 1
Mill Operalive Winder 1
Farm Labourer 1
Farmer 1
Farmer & Farm Labor 1
Domestic Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Donaby

Name Census Frequency
John Donaby 11
William Donaby 8
Thomas Donaby 7
Mary Donaby 6
Sarah Donaby 6
Ann Donaby 5
Samuel Donaby 5
Ada Donaby 4
Eliza Donaby 4
Elizabeth Donaby 4
Jane Donaby 4
Richard Donaby 3
Robert Donaby 3
Charles Donaby 2
Charlotte Donaby 2
Frances Donaby 2
Gertrude Donaby 2
Jonathan Donaby 2
Margaret Donaby 2
Anne Donaby 1
Daisy Donaby 1
Edith Donaby 1
Ellen Donaby 1
Ellmer Donaby 1
Florence Donaby 1

Donaby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Danby 67% 9,524
2 Denby 67% 8,877
3 Dainby 50% 204
4 Dunby 67% 120
5 Donby 83% 108
6 Donaby 100% 107

Did you know?

The surname Donaby is the 6th most popular variant of Danby.

Search for the Donaby family