Sobley 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 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 11
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 13

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

Sobley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sobley family

Profession Census Frequency
Grocer 1
Cotton Doubler Journeyman 1
Cattle Dealer 1
Farmer 1
Male Servant 1
Manufacturer 1
Overlooker 1
Warehouseman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sobley

Name Census Frequency
John Sobley 12
Elizabeth Sobley 9
James Sobley 8
Mary Sobley 8
Thomas Sobley 8
William Sobley 6
George Sobley 5
Ann Sobley 4
Joseph Sobley 4
Martha Sobley 4
Sarah Sobley 4
Edward Sobley 3
Hannah Sobley 3
Maria Sobley 3
Robert Sobley 3
Amy Sobley 2
Bertha Sobley 2
Charles Sobley 2
Charlotte Sobley 2
Ellen Sobley 2
Emma Sobley 2
Grace Sobley 2
Henry Sobley 2
Susannah Sobley 2
Walter Sobley 2

Sobley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sibley 83% 16,912
2 Sibly 67% 616
3 Sebley 83% 589
4 Sobley 100% 141
5 Sabley 83% 106
6 Soubly 67% 100

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The surname Sobley is the 4th most popular variant of Sibley.

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