Shey 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 3
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 9
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Shey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shey family

Profession Census Frequency
Blacksmith 2
Farm Servant 2
Certificated Head Mistress 1
Laundress 1
Butler 1
Domestic Servant 1
Gen Labourer 1
Labourer 1
Living On Own Means 1
Postin At Billings Gate 1
Shop Girl 1
Farmer's Foreman 1
Nurse Domestic Servant 1
Retired Jeweller 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shey

Name Census Frequency
Mary Shey 22
John Shey 15
William Shey 15
Elizabeth Shey 12
Ellen Shey 7
Eliza Shey 5
Joseph Shey 5
Thomas Shey 5
Ann Shey 4
Daniel Shey 4
Jane Shey 4
Sarah Shey 4
Annie Shey 3
Charles Shey 3
Edward Shey 3
Hannah Shey 3
Harriet Shey 3
Michael Shey 3
Fanny Shey 2
George Shey 2
Henrietta Shey 2
Henry Shey 2
James Shey 2
Louisa Shey 2
Margaret Shey 2

Shey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shay 75% 2,312
2 Ashey 80% 390
3 Shey 100% 180
4 Shy 75% 118

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The surname Shey is the 3rd most popular variant of Shay.

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