Marsay 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 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
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 11

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

Marsay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Marsay family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer's Son 2
Brewer's Labourer 1
Farmer Of 57 Acres 1
Farmer's Wife 1
House Servant 1
Labourer 1
Sailmaker's Apprentice 1
Scholar 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Marsay

Name Census Frequency
Mary Marsay 46
John Marsay 39
Hannah Marsay 33
William Marsay 30
George Marsay 25
Elizabeth Marsay 18
Thomas Marsay 18
Jane Marsay 17
Jonathan Marsay 16
Joseph Marsay 16
Robert Marsay 14
Harriet Marsay 11
Matthew Marsay 11
Ann Marsay 10
Emma Marsay 10
Esther Marsay 10
Lucy Marsay 9
Annie Marsay 7
Martha Marsay 7
Arthur Marsay 6
Frank Marsay 6
Isabella Marsay 6
Ada Marsay 5
Alice Marsay 5
Benjamin Marsay 5

Marsay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Marsey 83% 974
2 Marsay 100% 533
3 Morsey 67% 370
4 Mersey 67% 234
5 Mursey 67% 128

Did you know?

The surname Marsay is the 2nd most popular variant of Marsey.

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