Anning 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 6
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 210
Dorset 19
Durham 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 9
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 57
Middlesex 8
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 23
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Anning Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Anning family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 68
Mason 11
Lace Maker 8
House Servant 7
Agricultural Labourer 5
Dress Maker 4
Farmers Daughter 4
Farmers Son 4
Servant 4
Tailoress 4
Game Keeper 3
Farm Labourer 3
Labourer 3
Tailor 3
Shoemaker 2
House Maid 2
Butcher 2
Farmers Wife 2
Gardener 2
Hotel Keeper 2
Lunatic 2
Errand Boy 2
Naturalist 2
Brick Layer 1
Cabinet Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Anning

Name Census Frequency
William Anning 228
Mary Anning 211
John Anning 207
Elizabeth Anning 200
James Anning 181
Henry Anning 158
Sarah Anning 106
Charles Anning 89
George Anning 89
Thomas Anning 79
Albert Anning 77
Alice Anning 64
Ann Anning 60
Eliza Anning 60
Edith Anning 56
Richard Anning 52
Emma Anning 50
Louisa Anning 44
Frederick Anning 43
Charlotte Anning 40
Florence Anning 40
Edward Anning 38
Ellen Anning 36
Alfred Anning 34
Martha Anning 32

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