Canterbury 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 12
Dorset 16
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 10
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

Canterbury Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Canterbury family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
Female Servant 3
Sail Cloth Weaver 2
Mason 2
Dress Maker 1
Gardener 1
Green Grocer 1
Flax Thread Bleacher 1
Flax Yard Bleaher 1
Speoler 1
Tinman 1
Tailor 1
Md 1
Tailoress 1
Hawker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Canterbury

Name Census Frequency
Mary Canterbury 60
John Canterbury 55
William Canterbury 51
Elizabeth Canterbury 47
Charles Canterbury 31
George Canterbury 29
Robert Canterbury 29
Sarah Canterbury 23
Thomas Canterbury 22
James Canterbury 21
Frederick Canterbury 19
Richard Canterbury 17
Emma Canterbury 16
Ann Canterbury 13
Edith Canterbury 13
Eliza Canterbury 13
Maria Canterbury 13
Annie Canterbury 11
Edward Canterbury 11
Henry Canterbury 11
Susan Canterbury 11
Charlotte Canterbury 10
Hannah Canterbury 10
Lucy Canterbury 10
Albert Canterbury 9

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