Navy 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 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 4
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 9
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
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 1
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Navy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Navy family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Labourer At Potters 4
Hawker 2
General Servant 2
Factory Hand 1
Tailor 1
Hawker's Wife 1
Cord Wainer's Apprentice 1
Fish Dealer 1
Farm Labourer 1
Porter 1
Servant 1
Weaveress 1
Farmer 300 Acres 11 Labourer 1
Farmer's Wife 1
Sailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Navy

Name Census Frequency
John Navy 17
Mary Navy 14
Thomas Navy 9
Ann Navy 8
Catherine Navy 6
Elizabeth Navy 6
George Navy 6
Jane Navy 6
Bridget Navy 5
James Navy 5
Michael Navy 5
Patrick Navy 5
Sarah Navy 5
William Navy 5
Margaret Navy 4
Martin Navy 4
Edward Navy 3
Kate Navy 3
Ada Navy 2
Alice Navy 2
Annie Navy 2
Anthony Navy 2
Eliza Navy 2
Emma Navy 2
Henry Navy 2

Navy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nevey 60% 486
2 Navy 100% 176
3 Navey 80% 142

Did you know?

The surname Navy is the 2nd most popular variant of Nevey.

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