Nigh 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 4
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 9
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 8
Surrey 1
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 1
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

Nigh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nigh family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Scholar 3
Seaman Merchant Sewing 1
Seaman's Son 1
Seaman's Wife 1
Private Soldier 1
Wheelwright 1
Dress Maker 1
Farm Labourer 1
Home 1
Mason 1
Mason Employing 6 Labourer 1
Stone Miner 1
House Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nigh

Name Census Frequency
Mary Nigh 26
William Nigh 19
John Nigh 12
Elizabeth Nigh 11
Jane Nigh 11
James Nigh 9
Harriet Nigh 8
Robert Nigh 8
Thomas Nigh 7
Albert Nigh 6
Alice Nigh 6
Ann Nigh 6
Annie Nigh 6
Emily Nigh 6
Eliza Nigh 5
Joseph Nigh 5
Blanche Nigh 4
Charles Nigh 4
Harriett Nigh 4
Edward Nigh 3
Frances Nigh 3
Frederick Nigh 3
George Nigh 3
Henry Nigh 3
Kate Nigh 3

Nigh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nye 25% 11,949
2 Nigh 100% 270
3 Neigh 80% 117

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The surname Nigh is the 2nd most popular variant of Nye.

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