Petney 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
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 1
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

Petney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Petney family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Winder 1
Pauper None 1
Housemaid 1
House Keeper 1
Orphan 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Petney

Name Census Frequency
John Petney 18
William Petney 8
Mary Petney 7
Elizabeth Petney 6
Sarah Petney 5
Ann Petney 4
Eliza Petney 3
Joseph Petney 3
Angelina Petney 2
Edith Petney 2
Elisa Petney 2
Elsie Petney 2
Florence Petney 2
Frederick Petney 2
Hannah Petney 2
James Petney 2
Jane Petney 2
Robert Petney 2
Thomas Petney 2
Ada Petney 1
Albert Petney 1
Alice Petney 1
Angeline Petney 1
Benjamin Petney 1
Betsey Petney 1

Petney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Putney 83% 910
2 Pitney 83% 866
3 Poutney 71% 400
4 Petney 100% 107

Did you know?

The surname Petney is the 4th most popular variant of Putney.

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