Lady 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 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 5
Durham 2
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Lady Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lady family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Female Servant 2
Cord Wainer Journeyman 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Comber 1
Spinner 1
Coal Miner 1
Male Servant 1
Cotton Mill 1
Ag Labourer 1
Labourer 1
Widow 1
Shearman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lady

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lady 20
John Lady 10
William Lady 10
Charles Lady 9
Elizabeth Lady 7
George Lady 7
Thomas Lady 7
Jane Lady 6
Catherine Lady 5
James Lady 5
Maria Lady 5
Sarah Lady 5
Ann Lady 4
Robert Lady 4
Charlotte Lady 3
Daniel Lady 3
Edith Lady 3
Eliza Lady 3
Ellen Lady 3
Emma Lady 3
Frances Lady 3
Francis Lady 3
Hannah Lady 3
Joseph Lady 3
Worthington Lady 3

Lady Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lady 100% 240
2 Lidy 75% 217
3 Lody 75% 179
4 Alday 40% 176
5 Loady 80% 134
6 Lodey 60% 111

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

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