Homby 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 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
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 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

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

Homby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Homby family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Hd 2
Reeler Linen 2
Female Servant 2
Farmer 1
Block Printer 1
Flax Dresser Joiner 1
Labourer 1
Sailor 1
Staymaker 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Homby

Name Census Frequency
John Homby 43
Mary Homby 40
William Homby 35
James Homby 23
Sarah Homby 23
Thomas Homby 23
Elizabeth Homby 17
Arthur Homby 16
Ann Homby 14
George Homby 14
Margaret Homby 12
Alice Homby 11
Joseph Homby 10
Robert Homby 10
Ellen Homby 9
Hannah Homby 8
Annie Homby 7
Henry Homby 7
Jane Homby 7
Martha Homby 6
Amy Homby 5
Charles Homby 5
Emily Homby 5
Richard Homby 5
Edward Homby 4

Homby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Humby 80% 4,214
2 Hamby 80% 1,628
3 Homby 100% 515
4 Humbey 67% 113

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The surname Homby is the 3rd most popular variant of Humby.

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