Fortey 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 0
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 10
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 6
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

Fortey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fortey family

Profession Census Frequency
Bricklayer 2
Barrister Not Practising 1
Builder 1
Coach Painter 1
Dress Maker 1
House Servant 1
Scholar 1
Bricklayer Employing 4 Men 1
Fund Holder 1
Inn Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Fortey

Name Census Frequency
John Fortey 45
William Fortey 39
Mary Fortey 25
Sarah Fortey 23
Thomas Fortey 23
Alice Fortey 22
Henry Fortey 22
Charles Fortey 21
Elizabeth Fortey 21
Emily Fortey 20
Albert Fortey 17
Joseph Fortey 17
George Fortey 16
Frank Fortey 13
Jane Fortey 13
Annie Fortey 12
Edith Fortey 12
Eliza Fortey 12
James Fortey 12
Ellen Fortey 11
Frederick Fortey 11
Ada Fortey 10
Alfred Fortey 10
Isaac Fortey 10
Robert Fortey 10

Fortey Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Fortey is the 2nd most popular variant of Forty.

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