Building 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
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

Building Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Building family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Thrustle Spinner 1
Bilder Employe 12 Acers 1
Bilder Son 1
Bilders Wife 1
General Servant 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Licensed Victualler 1
Gardener 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Building

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Building 13
William Building 11
Elizabeth Building 8
James Building 8
George Building 7
Mary Building 7
Sarah Building 5
Ann Building 4
Charles Building 4
Henry Building 4
John Building 4
Robert Building 4
Emily Building 3
Isabella Building 3
Jane Building 3
Clara Building 2
Emma Building 2
Hannah Building 2
Harriett Building 2
Marian Building 2
Violet Building 2
Albert Building 1
Alice Building 1
Annie Building 1
Arthur Building 1

Building Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Balding 75% 4,905
2 Boulding 75% 2,266
3 Bolding 75% 2,242
4 Belding 75% 767
5 Building 100% 130
6 Bilding 88% 125

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The surname Building is the 5th most popular variant of Balding.

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