Sey 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 5
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 4
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 0

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

Sey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sey family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Independent 2
Independant 2
Shoe Maker's Apprentice 1
Pauper 1
Male Servant 1
Shoemaker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sey

Name Census Frequency
John Sey 20
Mary Sey 20
William Sey 20
Elizabeth Sey 11
Eliza Sey 9
Charles Sey 8
Jane Sey 7
Frederick Sey 6
George Sey 6
Ann Sey 5
Edward Sey 5
Edwin Sey 5
Ellen Sey 5
Sarah Sey 5
Thomas Sey 5
Annie Sey 4
Edith Sey 4
Henry Sey 4
James Sey 4
Louisa Sey 4
Susan Sey 4
Agnes Sey 3
Alexander Sey 3
Anne Sey 3
Arthur Sey 3

Sey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Say 67% 5,992
2 Easey 60% 2,501
3 Easy 25% 2,098
4 Ousey 60% 1,156
5 Saye 50% 491
6 Sye 33% 468
7 Sey 100% 322
8 Osey 75% 210
9 Sayee 40% 123

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The surname Sey is the 7th most popular variant of Say.

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