Ellway Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Ellway Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ellway family

Profession Census Frequency
School 15
Coal Miner Hewer 10
Collier Hewer 6
Collier Drummer Undergound 2
Elementary School Teacher 2
Clerk 2
General Servant Cook 1
Policeman (metropolitan) 1
Coal Hewer 1
Hairdresser 1
Coal Haulier 1
Coal Miner Drawer 1
Coal Niner Hewer 1
Collier 1
Collier (hewer) 1
Collier (hoddes) 1
Collier Caterer 1
Collier Haulier (underground) 1
Colliery Labourer Above Ground 1
Disabled Collier 1
E Housewife 1
Evrand Boy 1
General Hawlier 1
Labourer Surface On Colliery Above Ground 1
Nurse (domestic) 1

Ellway Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Allaway 71% 3,972
2 Alloway 71% 2,472
3 Ellaway 86% 1,875
4 Allway 83% 898
5 Elloway 86% 831
6 Alleway 71% 676
7 Ellway 100% 266
8 Elway 83% 168

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The surname Ellway is the 7th most popular variant of Allaway.

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