Tobey 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 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 4
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 4
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 5
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 1
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

Tobey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tobey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Managers Son Of Gas Works 2
Brick Layer's Labourer 1
Carman 1
Carpenter 1
Grinder Iron 1
House Keeper 1
Manager Of Gas Works 1
Managers Daughter Of Gas Works 1
Managers Wife Of Gas Works 1
Engine Fitter Paper Mill 1
Seamans Wife 1
Mate 1
Dairyman 1
None 1
Tailoress 1
Seaman 1
Domestic Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tobey

Name Census Frequency
William Tobey 19
Mary Tobey 18
John Tobey 17
Sarah Tobey 15
Thomas Tobey 12
Elizabeth Tobey 11
George Tobey 10
Henry Tobey 9
Jane Tobey 8
Charles Tobey 7
James Tobey 7
Alfred Tobey 6
Eliza Tobey 5
Harriet Tobey 5
Harriett Tobey 5
Maria Tobey 5
Annie Tobey 4
Samuel Tobey 4
Ann Tobey 3
Joseph Tobey 3
Margaret Tobey 3
Richard Tobey 3
Robert Tobey 3
Selina Tobey 3
Susan Tobey 3

Tobey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Toby 80% 1,874
2 Tebay 60% 1,194
3 Tooby 60% 1,163
4 Tuby 60% 391
5 Tubey 80% 334
6 Tobey 100% 259
7 Teebay 50% 165

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The surname Tobey is the 6th most popular variant of Toby.

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