Osey 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 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 21
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
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 2

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

Osey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Osey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Dress Maker 2
General Labourer 2
Living On Her Own Means 1
Bricklayer's Labourer 1
Carter On Farm 1
Coachman Domestic Servant 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Groom Domestic Servant 1
Ladyes Maid Domestic Servant 1
Hower 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Osey

Name Census Frequency
James Osey 16
Elizabeth Osey 13
Ann Osey 10
George Osey 10
Mary Osey 10
William Osey 10
Charlotte Osey 8
Walter Osey 8
Emma Osey 7
John Osey 7
Arthur Osey 6
Henry Osey 6
Thomas Osey 6
Alfred Osey 5
Kate Osey 5
Fanny Osey 4
Frederick Osey 4
Herbert Osey 4
Martha Osey 4
Sarah Osey 4
Gertrude Osey 3
Harriet Osey 3
Harriett Osey 3
Margaret Osey 3
Robert Osey 3

Osey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Say 50% 5,992
2 Easey 60% 2,501
3 Easy 25% 2,098
4 Ousey 80% 1,156
5 Saye 25% 491
6 Sye 25% 468
7 Sey 75% 322
8 Osey 100% 210
9 Sayee 20% 123

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The surname Osey is the 8th most popular variant of Say.

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