Soresby 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 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Soresby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Soresby family

Profession Census Frequency
Miner 1
Mechanic Maker 1
Independent 1
Male Servant 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Soresby

Name Census Frequency
Mary Soresby 23
John Soresby 15
Gilbert Soresby 13
Elizabeth Soresby 8
Roger Soresby 7
Arthur Soresby 6
Charles Soresby 6
Sarah Soresby 6
William Soresby 6
Hannah Soresby 5
Joseph Soresby 5
Thomas Soresby 5
Walter Soresby 5
Ann Soresby 4
Edward Soresby 4
Eliza Soresby 4
Henry Soresby 4
Alfred Soresby 3
Alice Soresby 3
George Soresby 3
Hugh Soresby 3
James Soresby 3
Annie Soresby 2
Augustus Soresby 2
Charlotte Soresby 2

Soresby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sorsby 86% 651
2 Sarsby 71% 576
3 Soresby 100% 212

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The surname Soresby is the 3rd most popular variant of Sorsby.

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