Dovy 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 1
Devon 12
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 3
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

Dovy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dovy family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Carrier 1
Clerk 1
School Master 1
Surgeon 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Bricklayer 1
Miner 1
Farmer 1
Independent 1
Labourer 1
Plumber 1
Waterman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dovy

Name Census Frequency
William Dovy 14
Elizabeth Dovy 8
Mary Dovy 7
George Dovy 6
Ann Dovy 5
Jane Dovy 5
John Dovy 5
Peter Dovy 3
Sarah Dovy 3
Thomas Dovy 3
Charles Dovy 2
Emma Dovy 2
Frederick Dovy 2
Harriet Dovy 2
Olive Dovy 2
Richard Dovy 2
Robert Dovy 2
Susan Dovy 2
Ada Dovy 1
Amelia Dovy 1
Annie Dovy 1
Arthur Dovy 1
Baby Dovy 1
Bessie Dovy 1
Charlotte Dovy 1

Dovy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Davey 60% 86,821
2 Davy 75% 26,148
3 Dovey 80% 8,743
4 Devey 60% 3,724
5 Devoy 60% 602
6 Devy 75% 319
7 Divey 60% 139
8 Dovy 100% 113

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The surname Dovy is the 8th most popular variant of Davey.

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