Houlsby 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 13
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Houlsby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Houlsby family

Profession Census Frequency
Fireman 1
Lamplighter 1
Scullerman Barge 1
Ship Painter 1
Shopkeeper 1
Stoker Steam Ship 1
Waterman Barge 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Houlsby

Name Census Frequency
John Houlsby 21
Mary Houlsby 14
Thomas Houlsby 9
Margaret Houlsby 7
William Houlsby 7
Hannah Houlsby 5
James Houlsby 5
Samuel Houlsby 5
Andrew Houlsby 4
Jane Houlsby 4
Ann Houlsby 3
Benjamin Houlsby 3
Ada Houlsby 2
Bichard Houlsby 2
Douglas Houlsby 2
Frances Houlsby 2
George Houlsby 2
Georgina Houlsby 2
Lilian Houlsby 2
Mathew Houlsby 2
Matthew Houlsby 2
Michael Houlsby 2
Robert Houlsby 2
Septimus Houlsby 2
Annabel Houlsby 1

Houlsby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Helsby 71% 3,991
2 Hilsby 71% 177
3 Houlsby 100% 139
4 Holsby 86% 111

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The surname Houlsby is the 3rd most popular variant of Helsby.

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