Dorby 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 1
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 4
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 1
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dorby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dorby family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Warehouse Woman 2
Baker 1
Master Mariner 1
Fureman 1
House Servant 1
Independant 1
Labourer 1
Cutter 1
Dairy Maid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dorby

Name Census Frequency
William Dorby 20
Mary Dorby 16
Elizabeth Dorby 13
John Dorby 13
Thomas Dorby 12
James Dorby 10
Sarah Dorby 8
Ann Dorby 6
Margaret Dorby 6
Edward Dorby 5
Jane Dorby 5
Joseph Dorby 5
Charles Dorby 4
Arthur Dorby 3
Eliza Dorby 3
Ellen Dorby 3
Esther Dorby 3
Hannah Dorby 3
Henry Dorby 3
Robert Dorby 3
Ada Dorby 2
Alice Dorby 2
Amelia Dorby 2
Annie Dorby 2
Catherine Dorby 2

Dorby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Darby 80% 34,730
2 Derby 80% 5,165
3 Darbey 67% 1,407
4 Durby 80% 298
5 Dorby 100% 258
6 Draby 60% 142

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The surname Dorby is the 5th most popular variant of Darby.

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