Healey Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 39
Carnarvonshire 5
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 82
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 23
Devon 13
Dorset 13
Durham 9
Essex 2
Flintshire 1
Gloucestershire 38
Hampshire 13
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 14
Hunts and Rutland 37
Kent 12
Lancashire 547
Leicestershire 42
Lincolnshire 175
London 241
Middlesex 3
Montgomeryshire 8
Northumberland 15
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 29
Nottinghamshire 24
Oxfordshire 31
Shropshire 11
Suffolk 5
Somerset 6
Surrey 1
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 29
Warwickshire 27
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 38
Yorkshire 230
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Denbighshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Isle of Man 0
Merionethshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Westmorland 0

Healey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Healey family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 67
Labourer 59
Female Servant 37
Independent 30
Cotton Weaver 21
Male Servant 17
Shoe Maker 15
Weaver 14
Farmer 13
Tailor 12
Ag Labourer 10
Silk Weaver 8
Clerk 8
Pauper 8
Joiner 7
Dress Maker 7
Coal Miner 7
Porter 7
Woollen Spinner 7
Clothier 7
Servant 6
Stone Mason 5
Spinner 5
Frame Work Knitter 5
Shoemaker 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Healey

Name Census Frequency
Mary Healey 2,597
John Healey 2,453
William Healey 1,746
Elizabeth Healey 1,386
James Healey 1,367
Thomas Healey 1,356
Sarah Healey 1,186
George Healey 931
Ann Healey 737
Joseph Healey 633
Ellen Healey 607
Margaret Healey 577
Jane Healey 522
Annie Healey 494
Henry Healey 472
Charles Healey 471
Alice Healey 470
Catherine Healey 430
Edward Healey 425
Eliza Healey 381
Hannah Healey 354
Robert Healey 335
Emma Healey 328
Patrick Healey 312
Martha Healey 310

Healey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Healey 100% 33,744
2 Haley 83% 23,814
3 Healy 83% 11,490
4 Hooley 67% 10,402
5 Heeley 83% 9,037
6 Hiley 67% 6,623
7 Hailey 67% 4,372
8 Heley 83% 3,506
9 Holey 67% 2,238
10 Haly 67% 1,587
11 Holy 50% 685
12 Heely 67% 621
13 Hely 67% 595
14 Huley 67% 475
15 Hauley 67% 227
16 Heally 83% 226
17 Hooly 50% 156
18 Healley 86% 146
19 Haily 50% 144
20 Houley 67% 141

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The surname Healey is the most popular version of all its varients

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