Ney 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 1
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 15
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 14
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
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

Ney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ney family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
Clerk 1
Cook 1
General Servant 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Lapidary 1
Laundress 1
Steam Boat Manager Of Works 1
Confectioner 1
Dress Maker 1
Labourer 1
Labourer At Gas Works 1
Labourer Wife 1
Farmer Of 20 Acres 1
Presbyterian Minister Bellingham 1
Hatter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ney

Name Census Frequency
William Ney 23
John Ney 17
Mary Ney 17
James Ney 13
Elizabeth Ney 10
George Ney 7
Henry Ney 6
Thomas Ney 6
Charlotte Ney 5
Ellen Ney 5
May Ney 5
Sarah Ney 5
Susan Ney 5
Albert Ney 4
Arthur Ney 4
Charles Ney 4
Frederick Ney 4
Jane Ney 4
Margaret Ney 4
Patrick Ney 4
Cornelius Ney 3
Daniel Ney 3
Edith Ney 3
Hannah Ney 3
Jessie Ney 3

Ney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nye 33% 11,949
2 Noy 67% 1,888
3 Nay 67% 1,040
4 Noye 50% 624
5 Ney 100% 276
6 Oney 75% 180
7 Aney 75% 167
8 Any 33% 129
9 Neigh 40% 117
10 Ainey 60% 106

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The surname Ney is the 5th most popular variant of Nye.

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