Percy Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Percy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Percy family

Profession Census Frequency
School 339
Private Means 39
General Labourer 28
Farm Labourer 28
General Servant (domestic) 27
Dressmaker 25
Farmer 16
Coal Miner Hewer 16
Domestic 15
Cook (domestic) 14
House Painter 13
Domestic Servant 13
None 13
Clerk 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Blacksmith 11
Labourer 11
Scholar 11
Charwoman 10
Laundress 10
Nil 10
Plumber 9
Bricklayer 9
At Home 9
House Keeper 9

Percy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Percy 100% 22,008
2 Piercy 83% 7,350
3 Pearcy 83% 4,501
4 Pursey 50% 4,265
5 Pearcey 71% 3,880
6 Percey 83% 2,583
7 Piercey 71% 1,932
8 Pracy 60% 927
9 Pearsey 57% 721
10 Persey 67% 533
11 Purcey 67% 519
12 Parcy 80% 320
13 Purssey 43% 272
14 Parcey 67% 199
15 Pracey 50% 179
16 Purcy 80% 167
17 Persy 80% 143
18 Peircy 83% 120

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The surname Percy is the most popular version of all its varients

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