Sweeby 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 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
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 8

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

Sweeby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sweeby family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Farmer 1
Dock Labourer 1
Baker 1
Errand Boy 1
House Keeper 1
Head Game Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sweeby

Name Census Frequency
John Sweeby 25
Sarah Sweeby 15
William Sweeby 13
Mary Sweeby 11
Joseph Sweeby 10
Alfred Sweeby 7
Elizabeth Sweeby 6
Kate Sweeby 4
Lucy Sweeby 4
Robert Sweeby 4
Amy Sweeby 3
Charles Sweeby 3
Emily Sweeby 3
Harold Sweeby 3
Ann Sweeby 2
Caroline Sweeby 2
Catherine Sweeby 2
Eliza Sweeby 2
Fanny Sweeby 2
Frances Sweeby 2
George Sweeby 2
Harry Sweeby 2
James Sweeby 2
Samuel Sweeby 2
Sophia Sweeby 2

Sweeby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Swaby 67% 4,237
2 Swabey 50% 1,214
3 Sowby 50% 201
4 Sweby 83% 190
5 Sawby 50% 182
6 Sweeby 100% 160

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The surname Sweeby is the 6th most popular variant of Swaby.

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