Blight 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 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 472
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 350
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 4
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 4
London 35
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 6
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Blight Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Blight family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 53
Female Servant 38
Miner 25
Independent 22
Male Servant 19
Carpenter 15
Farmer 13
Tin Miner 12
Copper Miner 9
Labourer 9
Mason 8
Shoe Maker 7
Tailor 6
Apprentice 6
Dress Maker 4
Blacksmith 4
Glover 4
Ag Labourer 3
Navy 3
Sawyer 3
Copper Dresser 2
Draper 2
Engineer 2
Independant 2
Inn Keeper 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Blight

Name Census Frequency
William Blight 914
Mary Blight 733
John Blight 728
Elizabeth Blight 656
James Blight 312
Jane Blight 293
Richard Blight 266
Thomas Blight 249
George Blight 242
Ann Blight 214
Sarah Blight 212
Henry Blight 188
Joseph Blight 163
Emma Blight 150
Samuel Blight 145
Eliza Blight 128
Annie Blight 125
Frederick Blight 121
Robert Blight 120
Emily Blight 116
Edith Blight 101
Grace Blight 101
Ellen Blight 96
Charles Blight 95
Edward Blight 91

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