Spy 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 11
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 8
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
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 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 0

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

Spy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Spy family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Female Servant 2
Gardener 1
Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Spy

Name Census Frequency
Mary Spy 12
John Spy 9
Elizabeth Spy 8
James Spy 8
William Spy 7
Ann Spy 5
Annie Spy 5
Eliza Spy 4
Jane Spy 4
Archibald Spy 3
Duncan Spy 3
Richard Spy 3
Robert Spy 3
Arthur Spy 2
Caroline Spy 2
Fanny Spy 2
Henry Spy 2
Isabella Spy 2
Margaret Spy 2
Agnes Spy 1
Alfred Spy 1
Alice Spy 1
Charles Spy 1
Edith Spy 1
Edward Spy 1

Spy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Aspey 60% 2,220
2 Sapey 60% 658
3 Aspy 75% 188
4 Spay 75% 129
5 Spy 100% 118
6 Spey 75% 113
7 Seapy 60% 103

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The surname Spy is the 5th most popular variant of Aspey.

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