Reigh 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 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Reigh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Reigh family

Profession Census Frequency
Mason 2
Servant 1
Babylinen Cutter Out Draper 1
Hand Embroideress 1
Sewing Machinist 1
Carriage Fitter ? 1
Scholar 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Reigh

Name Census Frequency
John Reigh 18
Mary Reigh 9
William Reigh 5
Annie Reigh 4
Maria Reigh 4
Sarah Reigh 4
Walter Reigh 4
Alice Reigh 3
Ann Reigh 3
Catherine Reigh 3
Elizabeth Reigh 3
Ellen Reigh 3
Emily Reigh 3
George Reigh 3
James Reigh 3
Patrick Reigh 3
Bridget Reigh 2
Caroline Reigh 2
Charles Reigh 2
Eliza Reigh 2
Emma Reigh 2
Jane Reigh 2
Peter Reigh 2
Richard Reigh 2
Thomas Reigh 2

Reigh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rough 60% 3,342
2 Rugh 60% 1,095
3 Righ 80% 356
4 Eare 20% 202
5 Reigh 100% 120

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The surname Reigh is the 5th most popular variant of Rough.

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