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 12
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 16
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 505
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 405
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 13
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 64
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 6
Surrey 3
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 19
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Blight Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Blight family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 173
Agricultural Labourer 32
Copper Miner 28
House Servant 28
Farm Labourer 17
Tin Miner 16
Glover 16
Carpenter 13
Dress Maker 13
Miner 12
House Keeper 11
Labourer 11
At Home 7
Blacksmith 7
Farm Servant 7
Child At Home 6
Servant 5
General Servant 5
Laundress 5
Sawyer 5
Shoe Maker 5
Miller 4
Farmer 4
Farmer's Son 4
House Maid 4

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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