Herdy 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 1
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 6
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Herdy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Herdy family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Farm Servant 1
House Holder 1
Grocer 1
Accoutant 1
Laundry Maid 1
Servant Domestic 1
None 1
Labourer 1
Domestic Servant 1
Worsted Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Herdy

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Herdy 15
John Herdy 13
George Herdy 10
Mary Herdy 10
Elizabeth Herdy 9
William Herdy 9
Alice Herdy 7
James Herdy 7
Sarah Herdy 7
Edward Herdy 5
Ann Herdy 4
Caroline Herdy 4
Eliza Herdy 4
Margaret Herdy 4
Ellen Herdy 3
Fanny Herdy 3
Martha Herdy 3
Charles Herdy 2
Ernest Herdy 2
Fred Herdy 2
Harry Herdy 2
Henry Herdy 2
Hugh Herdy 2
Jane Herdy 2
Joseph Herdy 2

Herdy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hardy 80% 126,684
2 Hardey 67% 4,772
3 Harday 67% 991
4 Hordy 80% 346
5 Hurdy 80% 298
6 Herdy 100% 189
7 Heardy 83% 128

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The surname Herdy is the 6th most popular variant of Hardy.

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