Sealy 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 10
Dorset 30
Durham 0
Essex 13
Gloucestershire 59
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 8
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 62
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 180
Surrey 1
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 11
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 45
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Sealy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sealy family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 24
Female Servant 23
Independent 19
Labourer 10
Male Servant 6
Tailor 5
Shoe Maker 4
Yeoman 4
Baker 4
Apprentice 4
Farmer 4
Mason 4
Ag Labourer 3
Dress Maker 3
Carpenter 3
Shoe Maker Apprentice 2
Clerk 2
Publican 2
Assistant 2
Laundress 2
Smith 2
Solicitor 2
Agricutural Labourer 2
Shop Keeper 2
Blacksmith 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Sealy

Name Census Frequency
William Sealy 251
Mary Sealy 222
Elizabeth Sealy 208
John Sealy 198
Sarah Sealy 157
Henry Sealy 141
George Sealy 134
Thomas Sealy 104
James Sealy 103
Ann Sealy 98
Charles Sealy 94
Jane Sealy 71
Eliza Sealy 66
Robert Sealy 66
Frederick Sealy 59
Annie Sealy 55
Emily Sealy 54
Edward Sealy 49
Ellen Sealy 49
Albert Sealy 47
Joseph Sealy 46
Alice Sealy 45
Emma Sealy 41
Martha Sealy 37
Louisa Sealy 35

Sealy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sealey 83% 8,185
2 Sly 60% 6,824
3 Seeley 67% 5,593
4 Selley 67% 5,423
5 Sealy 100% 4,075
6 Soley 40% 2,276
7 Seely 80% 1,875
8 Ousley 33% 1,036
9 Asley 20% 811
10 Isley 20% 765
11 Slay 60% 638
12 Osley 20% 604
13 Easley 50% 597
14 Seally 83% 420
15 Ausley 33% 415
16 Ouseley 43% 390
17 Saley 60% 379
18 Suley 40% 365
19 Siley 40% 280
20 Sooley 50% 251
21 Sailey 50% 242
22 Usley 20% 235
23 Esley 40% 222
24 Seley 60% 218
25 Sley 40% 172
26 Easly 60% 164
27 Souley 50% 151
28 Sealley 71% 149
29 Siely 60% 118
30 Saly 80% 110
31 Slye 40% 103

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The surname Sealy is the 5th most popular variant of Sealey.

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