Sankey 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 30
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 3
Dorset 2
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 89
Lancashire 226
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 4
London 69
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 12
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 150
Suffolk 0
Somerset 9
Surrey 7
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 36
Warwickshire 20
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 27
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 8
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 22
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Sankey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sankey family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 30
Agricultural Labourer 24
Independent 24
Labourer 18
Farmer 15
Male Servant 11
Weaver 9
Pupil 8
Silk Weaver 7
Surgeon 6
Cotton Weaver 5
Dress Maker 5
Cotton Piecer 4
Servant 4
Clerk 4
Independant 4
Cooper 4
Coal Miner 3
Joiner 3
Inmate 3
Sawyer 2
Smith 2
Boatman 2
Feat Man 2
Pupils 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Sankey

Name Census Frequency
Mary Sankey 719
John Sankey 696
William Sankey 507
Thomas Sankey 436
Elizabeth Sankey 417
Sarah Sankey 310
George Sankey 291
James Sankey 277
Joseph Sankey 236
Ann Sankey 228
Jane Sankey 179
Richard Sankey 178
Edward Sankey 173
Ellen Sankey 166
Alice Sankey 162
Margaret Sankey 145
Annie Sankey 142
Charles Sankey 134
Emma Sankey 114
Martha Sankey 114
Henry Sankey 108
Eliza Sankey 101
Hannah Sankey 97
Emily Sankey 92
Isaac Sankey 83

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