Heavy 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 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 28
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 10

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

Heavy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heavy family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 5
Female Servant 4
Agricultural Labourer 2
Independent 1
Porter 1
Peicer 1
Cord Wainer 1
Yeoman 1
Agricultural Alfred 1
Joiner 1
Sail Maker 1
Green Grocer 1
Collier 1
Hawker 1
Tailor 1
Plater 1
Male Servant 1
Widow 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Heavy

Name Census Frequency
Mary Heavy 57
John Heavy 44
James Heavy 23
Thomas Heavy 19
William Heavy 19
Ann Heavy 16
Michael Heavy 16
Patrick Heavy 16
Elizabeth Heavy 14
Ellen Heavy 13
Eliza Heavy 12
George Heavy 12
Sarah Heavy 12
Catherine Heavy 10
Hannah Heavy 8
Jane Heavy 8
Joseph Heavy 8
Margaret Heavy 8
Robert Heavy 8
Henry Heavy 7
Peter Heavy 7
Annie Heavy 6
Charles Heavy 6
Maria Heavy 6
Richard Heavy 6

Heavy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hovey 40% 1,329
2 Havey 60% 587
3 Heavy 100% 523
4 Heavey 83% 470
5 Hevey 60% 281

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The surname Heavy is the 3rd most popular variant of Hovey.

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