Sorsby 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 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
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 27

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

Sorsby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sorsby family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Iron Moulder 2
Student 2
Moulder 1
Tailor 1
Carpenter Apprentice 1
Clerk 1
Cutler 1
Cutler Joiner 1
Druggist 1
Independent 1
Iron Miner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sorsby

Name Census Frequency
William Sorsby 54
John Sorsby 40
Mary Sorsby 38
Sarah Sorsby 35
Charles Sorsby 30
George Sorsby 25
Joseph Sorsby 25
James Sorsby 18
Annie Sorsby 16
Elizabeth Sorsby 16
Ann Sorsby 12
Thomas Sorsby 11
Albert Sorsby 10
Benjamin Sorsby 9
Harriet Sorsby 9
Alice Sorsby 8
Eliza Sorsby 7
Frank Sorsby 7
Fred Sorsby 7
Hannah Sorsby 7
Henry Sorsby 7
Lucy Sorsby 7
Ellen Sorsby 6
Frederick Sorsby 6
Harry Sorsby 6

Sorsby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sorsby 100% 651
2 Sarsby 83% 576
3 Soresby 86% 212

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The surname Sorsby is the most popular version of all its varients

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