Mersey 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 4
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 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Mersey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mersey family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 1
Independent 1
Labr 1
Sweep 1
Comb Maker 1
Lace Maker 1
Umbrella Maker 1
Weaver Worsted 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mersey

Name Census Frequency
John Mersey 18
Mary Mersey 18
William Mersey 15
James Mersey 12
Thomas Mersey 12
Elizabeth Mersey 9
Sarah Mersey 7
Eliza Mersey 6
George Mersey 6
Alice Mersey 5
Emily Mersey 5
Alfred Mersey 4
Annie Mersey 4
Edward Mersey 4
Joseph Mersey 4
Selina Mersey 4
Ann Mersey 3
Ernest Mersey 3
Frederick Mersey 3
Harriet Mersey 3
Margaret Mersey 3
Martha Mersey 3
Richard Mersey 3
Wilfred Mersey 3
Caroline Mersey 2

Mersey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mercy 67% 2,616
2 Marsey 83% 974
3 Mercey 83% 791
4 Marsay 67% 533
5 Morsey 83% 370
6 Mersey 100% 234
7 Mursey 83% 128

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The surname Mersey is the 6th most popular variant of Mercy.

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