Olby 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 1
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 10
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 6

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

Olby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Olby family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Painter 1
General Labourer 1
Sevarage Labourer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Foreman 1
Fur Cutter 1
General Domestic Servant 1
Living On Her Own Means 1
Tanners Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Olby

Name Census Frequency
William Olby 17
John Olby 12
Eliza Olby 9
James Olby 9
Alfred Olby 7
Elizabeth Olby 7
Lucy Olby 7
Robert Olby 7
Mary Olby 5
Charles Olby 4
Edith Olby 4
Sarah Olby 4
Alice Olby 3
Augustus Olby 3
Douglas Olby 3
Eleanor Olby 3
Henry Olby 3
Agnes Olby 2
Bernard Olby 2
Bertie Olby 2
Dennis Olby 2
Dinah Olby 2
Doris Olby 2
Edward Olby 2
Ellen Olby 2

Olby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Luby 50% 864
2 Looby 60% 527
3 Labey 40% 445
4 Albey 60% 443
5 Alby 75% 248
6 Leaby 40% 247
7 Elby 75% 225
8 Olby 100% 178

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The surname Olby is the 8th most popular variant of Luby.

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