Galby 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
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 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 11
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

Galby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Galby family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Mason 2
Female Servant 1
Cotton Spinner Journeyman 1
Publican 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Galby

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Galby 13
William Galby 13
Mary Galby 10
John Galby 9
James Galby 7
Eliza Galby 6
Thomas Galby 6
Charles Galby 4
George Galby 4
Alice Galby 3
Annie Galby 3
Henry Galby 3
Joseph Galby 3
Ann Galby 2
Arthur Galby 2
Edith Galby 2
Edward Galby 2
Ellen Galby 2
Emily Galby 2
Jane Galby 2
Job Galby 2
Maud Galby 2
Robert Galby 2
Albert Galby 1
Alfred Galby 1

Galby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gilby 80% 7,643
2 Gilbey 67% 5,023
3 Golby 80% 4,211
4 Ogleby 50% 387
5 Gilboy 67% 362
6 Goalby 83% 272
7 Goleby 67% 156
8 Goulby 67% 155
9 Galby 100% 142
10 Golbey 67% 124

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The surname Galby is the 9th most popular variant of Gilby.

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