Dorsay 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 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 13
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 2
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Dorsay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dorsay family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Marble Polisher 1
Shoe Maker 1
Baker 1
Lab 1
Licenced Victualler 1
Journeyman Key Maker 1
Journeyman Lock Smith 1
Screw Maker 1
Journeyman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dorsay

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dorsay 21
John Dorsay 15
Thomas Dorsay 11
Catherine Dorsay 9
Elizabeth Dorsay 8
Margaret Dorsay 8
Alice Dorsay 7
Ann Dorsay 7
George Dorsay 7
Sarah Dorsay 7
William Dorsay 7
Bridget Dorsay 5
Charlotte Dorsay 5
James Dorsay 5
Richard Dorsay 5
Edith Dorsay 4
Edward Dorsay 4
Hannah Dorsay 4
Jane Dorsay 4
Michael Dorsay 4
Patrick Dorsay 4
Albert Dorsay 3
Fanny Dorsay 3
Abraham Dorsay 2
Agnes Dorsay 2

Dorsay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dorsey 83% 1,342
2 Draisey 43% 741
3 Dorsay 100% 244
4 Darsey 67% 188

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The surname Dorsay is the 3rd most popular variant of Dorsey.

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