Orkney Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
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 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 50
Norfolk 0
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 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

Orkney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Orkney family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner Hewer 5
General Day Servant Domestic 2
Dress Maker 1
Horse Clothing Mechanist 1
Invoice Clerk 1
Living On Own Income 1
Lt Col 3rd Oxford Army 1
Retired Butler Domestic 1
Coal Miner 1
Coal Miner ??c Below 1
Coal Miner C Hewer 1
Coal Miner C Hewer 1
Fried Fish Coffee House 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Miner Coal C Hewer 1
No Occupation 1
Shipwright 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Orkney

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Orkney 24
John Orkney 22
George Orkney 19
William Orkney 16
Mary Orkney 14
Alexander Orkney 13
James Orkney 11
Hannah Orkney 10
Elizabeth Orkney 9
Margaret Orkney 9
Martha Orkney 8
Priscilla Orkney 8
Ellen Orkney 7
Earl Orkney 5
Jane Orkney 5
Daniel Orkney 4
Robert Orkney 4
Sarah Orkney 4
Alice Orkney 3
Eliza Orkney 3
Helen Orkney 3
Henry Orkney 3
Violet Orkney 3
Albert Orkney 2
Andrew Orkney 2

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