Goulby 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 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 6
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

Goulby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Goulby family

Profession Census Frequency
P Able Seaman 1
Male Servant 1
Pupil 1
Gamekeeper 1
Collier 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Goulby

Name Census Frequency
Mary Goulby 15
John Goulby 12
William Goulby 12
Ann Goulby 8
George Goulby 8
Elizabeth Goulby 6
James Goulby 5
Edward Goulby 4
Hannah Goulby 4
Alice Goulby 3
Charles Goulby 3
Emily Goulby 3
Henry Goulby 3
Joseph Goulby 3
Robert Goulby 3
Sarah Goulby 3
Albert Goulby 2
Anna Goulby 2
Arthur Goulby 2
Emma Goulby 2
Esther Goulby 2
Fanny Goulby 2
Florence Goulby 2
Frederick Goulby 2
Harriett Goulby 2

Goulby Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Goulby is the 8th most popular variant of Gilby.

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