Solway Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Solway Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Solway family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 21
Labourer 7
Quarryman 3
Stone Breaker 3
Tailoress 2
Gardener 2
Dress Maker 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Pauper 2
General Labourer 2
Labourer Wife 2
Mason 2
Solicitor Clerk 1
Builder & Contractor 1
Builder & Contractor Partness Employing 6 Men 1
Domestic Servant 1
General Servant 1
Independent 1
Master Tailor 1
Railway Porter 1
Servant Domestic Groom 1
Tailor 1
House Maid 1
Excavator On Railway Labourer 1
Steel Furnaceman 1

Solway Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Selway 83% 5,867
2 Salway 83% 4,067
3 Solway 100% 1,032
4 Slowey 50% 310
5 Soloway 86% 271
6 Silway 83% 135
7 Sulway 83% 109

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The surname Solway is the 3rd most popular variant of Selway.

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