The doxey Surname

doxey Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Doxey in Staffordshire, named in Domesday Book as Dochesig, ‘island, or piece of dry ground in a marsh, (eg) of a man called Docc’.

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The doxey name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the doxey family name as far back in history as possible.

doxey Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of doxey Families in the US in 1920

Number of doxey families

29-55

10-28

1-9

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NY Doxey	chasingmypast	21
Jeremiah Doxey	Adrian Doxey, Jr.	19
Going Way Back	MeltonDoxey	1
Eliza Conway Doxey,b:Mr.27,1814 in TN; d.Nov 29,1859, Brownwood, TX	Mary Colombo	1
Doxey - Doughty Connection	S. Lewis Doughty	19
North Carolina Doxeys	JohnLaird91	17
Martha Elizabeth Doxey Currituck Co. North Carolina	atsissie	0
Doxey	Redbelle	0
searching for Jacqueline Hull contact jacki doxey	hans schmidt	1
Anne Elizabeth Doxey	Beverlymo2	5

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