Donby 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 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
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 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Donby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Donby family

Profession Census Frequency
Brick Maker 1
Labourer 1
Hawker Of Corks 1
Ag Lab 1
Steam Loom Weaver 1
Weaver 1
House Servant 1
Glass Maker 1
Receiving Parish Relief 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Donby

Name Census Frequency
William Donby 13
Mary Donby 11
Sarah Donby 6
John Donby 5
George Donby 4
Thomas Donby 4
Ann Donby 3
Bridget Donby 3
James Donby 3
Margaret Donby 3
Robert Donby 3
Charlotte Donby 2
Edith Donby 2
Hannah Donby 2
Harriett Donby 2
Henry Donby 2
Jane Donby 2
Joseph Donby 2
Julia Donby 2
Martha Donby 2
Abraham Donby 1
Albert Donby 1
Alice Donby 1
Amos Donby 1
Annie Donby 1

Donby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Danby 80% 9,524
2 Denby 80% 8,877
3 Dainby 67% 204
4 Dunby 80% 120
5 Donby 100% 108
6 Donaby 83% 107

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The surname Donby is the 5th most popular variant of Danby.

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