Rotheray Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cheshire 2
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 7
Yorkshire 13
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Rotheray Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rotheray family

Profession Census Frequency
Handloom Weaver 4
Iron Stone Miner 2
Cotton Weaver 1
Cotton Winder 1
Labourer 1
Hand Loom Worsted Weaver 1
Worsted Factory Spinner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rotheray

Name Census Frequency
Mary Rotheray 21
John Rotheray 17
Elizabeth Rotheray 15
William Rotheray 15
Hannah Rotheray 12
Sarah Rotheray 12
Annie Rotheray 10
Emily Rotheray 10
Jane Rotheray 9
Joseph Rotheray 9
George Rotheray 7
Harry Rotheray 7
Alfred Rotheray 6
Fred Rotheray 6
Thomas Rotheray 6
Walter Rotheray 6
Alice Rotheray 5
Christopher Rotheray 5
Daniel Rotheray 5
David Rotheray 5
Edith Rotheray 5
Isaac Rotheray 5
Percy Rotheray 5
Eliza Rotheray 4
Frank Rotheray 4

Rotheray Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rothery 88% 8,223
2 Rotheray 100% 380

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The surname Rotheray is the 2nd most popular variant of Rothery.

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