Popey 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 1
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 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 17
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

Popey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Popey family

Profession Census Frequency
Butler 1
Groom, Domestic 1
Architect & Surveyor 1
Farm Labourer 1
Gardener Domestic 1
House Boy Domestic & Gardener 1
Ordinary Seaman 1
Page (domestic 1
Private Means 1
Teaman On Farm 1
Work On Farm 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Popey

Name Census Frequency
James Popey 15
William Popey 13
Charles Popey 12
Henry Popey 8
Margaret Popey 8
Eliza Popey 7
Emily Popey 7
John Popey 7
Emma Popey 6
Mary Popey 6
Ann Popey 5
Elizabeth Popey 5
Anna Popey 4
Sarah Popey 4
Edward Popey 3
Richard Popey 3
Thomas Popey 3
Abraham Popey 2
Alice Popey 2
Arthur Popey 2
George Popey 2
Joseph Popey 2
Samuel Popey 2
Albert Popey 1
Amy Popey 1

Popey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Oppy 60% 1,108
2 Popay 80% 434
3 Eppy 40% 274
4 Oppey 60% 273
5 Popey 100% 162

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The surname Popey is the 5th most popular variant of Oppy.

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