Barden 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 95
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 19
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 6
Derbyshire 2
Devon 22
Dorset 41
Durham 24
Essex 43
Gloucestershire 12
Hampshire 45
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 14
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 393
Lancashire 135
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 19
London 427
Middlesex 28
Northumberland 18
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 27
Nottinghamshire 10
Oxfordshire 23
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 2
Somerset 5
Surrey 46
Sussex 258
Staffordshire 56
Warwickshire 41
Westmorland 6
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 184

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 13
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Barden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Barden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 340
Agricultural Labourer 57
Domestic Servant 24
General Labourer 22
Carpenter 16
Living On Her Own Means 16
Dress Maker 16
Coal Miner 15
General Servant Domestic 14
General Servant 14
Farmer 14
Blacksmith 12
Labourer 12
Gardener 11
Clerk 11
General Domestic Servant 10
Cotton Weaver 9
Living On Own Means 9
Painter 9
Charwoman 7
Tailoress 6
Carter 6
Farm Servant 6
Carman 6
Laundress 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Barden

Name Census Frequency
William Barden 657
Mary Barden 550
John Barden 499
Elizabeth Barden 438
Sarah Barden 437
George Barden 433
Thomas Barden 403
James Barden 364
Charles Barden 261
Henry Barden 229
Ann Barden 212
Ellen Barden 212
Jane Barden 210
Frederick Barden 184
Eliza Barden 182
Edward Barden 177
Alfred Barden 165
Annie Barden 160
Joseph Barden 157
Emma Barden 144
Alice Barden 141
Emily Barden 125
Albert Barden 110
Robert Barden 106
Harriet Barden 103

Barden Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Burden 83% 26,226
2 Barden 100% 11,227
3 Burdon 67% 8,231
4 Breedon 43% 2,912
5 Briden 67% 2,088
6 Braden 67% 2,076
7 Beardon 71% 1,836
8 Borden 83% 1,451
9 Breeden 57% 1,363
10 Bardon 83% 1,006
11 Breden 67% 973
12 Aberdeen 63% 850
13 Bourdon 57% 778
14 Bardin 83% 581
15 Burdin 67% 505
16 Breaden 57% 501
17 Bridon 50% 474
18 Bredon 50% 453
19 Bradon 50% 336
20 Bearden 86% 289
21 Braiden 71% 282
22 Bredin 50% 240
23 Birden 83% 229
24 Brudon 50% 196
25 Bordon 67% 191
26 Boarden 86% 190
27 Bruden 67% 184
28 Broden 67% 172
29 Bourden 71% 138
30 Aberdein 63% 132
31 Breadon 43% 131
32 Berden 83% 109

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The surname Barden is the 2nd most popular variant of Burden.

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