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 1
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 5
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 5
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 1
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

Lady Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lady family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Fundholder 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Helper 1
House Servant 1
Hawker 1
Neele Worker 1
Wife Of Above 1
Butcher Boy 1
Butcher Journeyman 1
Miner 1
Irish Peeress 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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