Sawby 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 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Sawby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sawby family

Profession Census Frequency
Dress Maker 3
Grocer 1
Househould Duties 1
Labourer General 1
Boot Maker Assistant 1
Confectioner 1
Iron Turner 1
Tailor (fourneyman) 1
Brass Caster 1
Press Worker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sawby

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Sawby 13
John Sawby 12
William Sawby 12
Sarah Sawby 10
Ann Sawby 9
Thomas Sawby 8
James Sawby 7
Mary Sawby 6
George Sawby 5
Eliza Sawby 4
Annie Sawby 3
Hannah Sawby 3
Henry Sawby 3
Jane Sawby 3
Richard Sawby 3
Samuel Sawby 3
Sophia Sawby 3
Alice Sawby 2
Arthur Sawby 2
Benjamin Sawby 2
Caroline Sawby 2
Charlotte Sawby 2
Edith Sawby 2
Eleanor Sawby 2
Joseph Sawby 2

Sawby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Swaby 60% 4,237
2 Swabey 50% 1,214
3 Sowby 80% 201
4 Sweby 60% 190
5 Sawby 100% 182
6 Sweeby 50% 160

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The surname Sawby is the 5th most popular variant of Swaby.

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