Salby Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Dorset 8
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 18
Hunts and Rutland 2
Kent 2
Lincolnshire 16
London 1
Northumberland 1
Staffordshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Durham 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Salby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Salby family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 7
Female Servant 3
Farmer 3
Ag Labourer 1
Independent 1
Horse Keeper 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Hawker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Salby

Name Census Frequency
Mary Salby 32
John Salby 26
William Salby 24
Ann Salby 17
James Salby 16
George Salby 15
Elizabeth Salby 14
Thomas Salby 14
Sarah Salby 13
Charles Salby 10
Emma Salby 10
Annie Salby 9
Florence Salby 8
Jane Salby 8
Ellen Salby 7
Robert Salby 7
Samuel Salby 7
Albert Salby 6
Alice Salby 6
Emily Salby 6
Hannah Salby 6
Joseph Salby 6
Walter Salby 6
Henry Salby 5
Louisa Salby 5

Salby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Selby 80% 23,872
2 Silby 80% 2,998
3 Soulby 67% 1,136
4 Salby 100% 478
5 Sealby 83% 404
6 Silbey 67% 212
7 Selbey 67% 152
8 Sailby 83% 147
9 Solby 80% 139
10 Sulby 80% 121

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The surname Salby is the 4th most popular variant of Selby.

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