Lawney 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 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
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 1
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

Lawney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lawney family

Profession Census Frequency
Miner 2
Gardener 1
Labourer 1
Nurse 1
Scholar 1
Waggoner 1
Army 1
At Home 1
General Labourer 1
Tailor Journeyman 1
Annuitant 1
Child At Nurse 1
General Serv 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lawney

Name Census Frequency
William Lawney 10
John Lawney 8
Sarah Lawney 7
Elizabeth Lawney 6
Ann Lawney 4
Henry Lawney 4
Jane Lawney 3
Mary Lawney 3
Alice Lawney 2
Charles Lawney 2
George Lawney 2
Grace Lawney 2
James Lawney 2
Joseph Lawney 2
Lucy Lawney 2
Rachel Lawney 2
Robert Lawney 2
Thomas Lawney 2
Adalaide Lawney 1
Annie Lawney 1
Archibald Lawney 1
Armonel Lawney 1
Behia Lawney 1
Cartrick Lawney 1
Clarence Lawney 1

Lawney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lewney 83% 278
2 Lowney 83% 233
3 Lawne 83% 171
4 Lawney 100% 107

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The surname Lawney is the 4th most popular variant of Lewney.

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