Tavey 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 5
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
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 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

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

Tavey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tavey family

Profession Census Frequency
Worsted Spinner 3
Broker 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Dairyman 1
Grocer 1
Pauper 1
Scholar 1
Dress Maker 1
Gentlemans Coachman 1
Labourer 1
Apprentice 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tavey

Name Census Frequency
John Tavey 22
George Tavey 13
William Tavey 13
Sarah Tavey 12
James Tavey 11
Charles Tavey 10
Elizabeth Tavey 10
Mary Tavey 9
Henry Tavey 8
Thomas Tavey 8
Emily Tavey 7
Eliza Tavey 6
Rebecca Tavey 6
Ellen Tavey 5
Joseph Tavey 5
Samuel Tavey 5
Amelia Tavey 4
Edward Tavey 4
Maria Tavey 4
Ann Tavey 3
Catherine Tavey 3
Charlotte Tavey 3
Martha Tavey 2
Rebeca Tavey 2
Robert Tavey 2

Tavey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tovey 80% 10,980
2 Tivey 80% 2,199
3 Toovey 67% 2,180
4 Tuvey 80% 305
5 Tavey 100% 259

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The surname Tavey is the 5th most popular variant of Tovey.

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