Headey Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 12
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 5
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 3
Middlesex 1
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 4

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

Headey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Headey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Carrer & Gilder 1
Milliner 1
Vanman Carter 1
Laundress 1
Bonnet Sewer 1
General Dealer 1
Stone Mason 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Headey

Name Census Frequency
William Headey 8
Mary Headey 7
Elizabeth Headey 5
Albert Headey 4
Annie Headey 4
Cecil Headey 4
Florence Headey 4
George Headey 4
Joseph Headey 4
Alfred Headey 3
Alice Headey 3
Charles Headey 3
Henry Headey 3
Jane Headey 3
John Headey 3
Robert Headey 3
Sarah Headey 3
Clara Headey 2
Edith Headey 2
Emma Headey 2
Fred Headey 2
Gertrude Headey 2
Isabel Headey 2
Mabel Headey 2
Percy Headey 2

Headey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Heady 83% 1,484
2 Hady 67% 182
3 Heddy 67% 157
4 Haidy 50% 142
5 Hoody 50% 142
6 Headey 100% 130
7 Hody 50% 118

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The surname Headey is the 6th most popular variant of Heady.

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