Gleve 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 16
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 17
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 0

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

Gleve Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gleve family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
Cotton Weaver 3
Coal Miner 2
Stone Mason 2
Stone Mason's Wife 2
Bleacher Cotton Cloth 2
Retired Butcher 1
Iron Miner 1
Labourer 1
Bed ? Weaver 1
Blacksmith 1
Clerk 1
Laundress 1
Brush Maker 1
Brush Maker's Wife 1
House Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gleve

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gleve 22
John Gleve 20
Thomas Gleve 17
William Gleve 15
Elizabeth Gleve 10
Sarah Gleve 10
Ellen Gleve 9
James Gleve 9
Ann Gleve 8
Annie Gleve 8
Joseph Gleve 8
George Gleve 7
Jane Gleve 7
Henry Gleve 6
Edward Gleve 5
Emma Gleve 4
Nellie Gleve 4
Eliza Gleve 3
Francis Gleve 3
Hannah Gleve 3
Lillian Gleve 3
Louisa Gleve 3
Margaret Gleve 3
May Gleve 2
Nyellah Gleve 2

Gleve Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gleave 83% 9,111
2 Ogilvie 43% 3,063
3 Glove 80% 935
4 Glave 80% 770
5 Gleve 100% 281

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The surname Gleve is the 5th most popular variant of Gleave.

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