Romney 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 4
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 20
Lancashire 14
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
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 8
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

Romney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Romney family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 4
Female Servant 3
Gardener 2
Artist 1
Soldier 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Servant 1
Cabinet M J 1
Joiner 1
Joiner Ap 1
Joiner J 1
Land Agent 1
Cordwainer 1
Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Romney

Name Census Frequency
William Romney 50
Mary Romney 34
George Romney 28
Sarah Romney 27
John Romney 25
Ann Romney 18
Charles Romney 18
Jane Romney 18
Thomas Romney 18
Alfred Romney 16
James Romney 15
Annie Romney 14
Elizabeth Romney 14
Daniel Romney 12
Henry Romney 12
Frank Romney 11
Frederick Romney 11
Joseph Romney 11
Edward Romney 10
Eliza Romney 10
Ellen Romney 10
Emma Romney 10
Harry Romney 10
Ernest Romney 9
Samuel Romney 9

Romney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rumney 83% 3,379
2 Romney 100% 698

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The surname Romney is the 2nd most popular variant of Rumney.

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