Wathey 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 2
Channel Islands 9
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 18
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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 1
Somerset 3
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 6
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wathey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wathey family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 4
Agricultural Labourer 3
Lace Runner 2
Mason 1
Brass Moulder 1
Coal Miner 1
Independent 1
Shepherd 1
Apprentice 1
Carter 1
Nurse 1
Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wathey

Name Census Frequency
William Wathey 59
John Wathey 33
Mary Wathey 27
Elizabeth Wathey 23
Sarah Wathey 22
Thomas Wathey 22
Hannah Wathey 18
Eliza Wathey 16
Henry Wathey 16
Harry Wathey 12
Ann Wathey 11
Annie Wathey 9
Fanny Wathey 9
Joseph Wathey 9
Emma Wathey 8
Frank Wathey 8
George Wathey 8
Jane Wathey 8
Emily Wathey 7
Florence Wathey 7
Harriett Wathey 7
James Wathey 7
Martha Wathey 7
Ellen Wathey 6
Tom Wathey 6

Wathey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Withey 83% 5,819
2 Withy 67% 816
3 Wathey 100% 561
4 Wethey 83% 182

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The surname Wathey is the 3rd most popular variant of Withey.

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