Scobey 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 14
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 0
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 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 8

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

Scobey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Scobey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Accountant 1
Living On Own Means 1
Outfitter Assistant 1
Painter 1
Shipwright 1
Solicitor Clerk 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Brick Maker 1
Domestic Servant 1
Draper's Errand Boy 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Scobey

Name Census Frequency
John Scobey 18
Mary Scobey 18
David Scobey 8
Henry Scobey 7
Robert Scobey 7
William Scobey 7
Annie Scobey 6
Catherine Scobey 6
Francis Scobey 6
Richard Scobey 6
Edward Scobey 5
Elizabeth Scobey 5
Jane Scobey 5
Sarah Scobey 5
Ann Scobey 4
James Scobey 4
Walter Scobey 4
Charles Scobey 3
Faith Scobey 3
Frank Scobey 3
Jonathan Scobey 3
Lily Scobey 3
Margaret Scobey 3
Abigail Scobey 2
Alfred Scobey 2

Scobey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Scoby 83% 276
2 Scowby 67% 209
3 Scobey 100% 197

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The surname Scobey is the 3rd most popular variant of Scoby.

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