Orrey 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 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 34
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
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

Orrey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Orrey family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
Farmer 2
Shoe Maker 2
Draper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Orrey

Name Census Frequency
John Orrey 39
William Orrey 34
Mary Orrey 25
George Orrey 20
Elizabeth Orrey 18
Joseph Orrey 16
Sarah Orrey 15
James Orrey 13
Thomas Orrey 11
Ann Orrey 9
Annie Orrey 8
Charles Orrey 8
Frances Orrey 8
Barton Orrey 7
Eliza Orrey 7
Florence Orrey 7
Henry Orrey 6
Herbert Orrey 6
Robert Orrey 6
Susanna Orrey 6
Albert Orrey 5
Edward Orrey 5
Ellen Orrey 5
Enoch Orrey 5
Tom Orrey 5

Orrey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Urry 60% 3,573
2 Errey 80% 1,153
3 Orrey 100% 399
4 Earrey 67% 263
5 Reary 20% 241
6 Erry 60% 195
7 Arrey 80% 173
8 Orry 80% 170
9 Errye 40% 129
10 Arry 60% 108

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The surname Orrey is the 3rd most popular variant of Urry.

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