Backshell 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 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
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 11
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Backshell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Backshell family

Profession Census Frequency
Servant 3
Scholar 3
Butcher 2
Labourer 2
Clerk To Brewery 1
Farm Labourer 1
School Mistress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Backshell

Name Census Frequency
John Backshell 18
William Backshell 18
Thomas Backshell 9
Frances Backshell 8
Eliza Backshell 7
Ellen Backshell 7
Mary Backshell 7
Edward Backshell 6
Emily Backshell 6
Charles Backshell 5
Ernest Backshell 5
Henry Backshell 5
Arthur Backshell 4
Edith Backshell 4
Edwin Backshell 4
Frederick Backshell 4
James Backshell 4
Lucy Backshell 4
Sarah Backshell 4
Ann Backshell 3
Dorothy Backshell 3
Elizabeth Backshell 3
George Backshell 3
Harry Backshell 3
Lydia Backshell 3

Backshell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Backshall 89% 1,836
2 Backshell 100% 220

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The surname Backshell is the 2nd most popular variant of Backshall.

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