Fortay 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 16
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
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 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

Fortay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fortay family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 2
Keeper Of Hoses Groom 1
Boiler Maker 1
Grocer 1
Master Mariner 1
Nil 1
Professor Of Music 1
Retired Mariner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Fortay

Name Census Frequency
James Fortay 20
Mary Fortay 11
William Fortay 10
Eleanor Fortay 7
Alexander Fortay 5
Edward Fortay 5
Elizabeth Fortay 5
Agnes Fortay 4
Jessie Fortay 4
John Fortay 4
Margaret Fortay 4
Sarah Fortay 4
Alice Fortay 3
Florence Fortay 3
Frances Fortay 3
Martha Fortay 3
Clara Fortay 2
Ellen Fortay 2
Emma Fortay 2
George Fortay 2
Harry Fortay 2
Isabella Fortay 2
Joseph Fortay 2
Louisa Fortay 2
Robert Fortay 2

Fortay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Forty 83% 2,252
2 Fortey 83% 775
3 Fortay 100% 127

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The surname Fortay is the 3rd most popular variant of Forty.

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