Card 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 5
Berkshire 7
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 22
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 14
Derbyshire 12
Devon 34
Dorset 50
Durham 66
Essex 86
Gloucestershire 22
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 11
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 400
Lancashire 151
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 10
London 457
Middlesex 52
Northumberland 25
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 49
Somerset 139
Surrey 111
Sussex 286
Staffordshire 28
Warwickshire 14
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 55
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 34

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 56
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 29
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 1

Card Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Card family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 315
Agricultural Labourer 42
General Labourer 27
Labourer 24
Laundress 22
Dress Maker 20
Domestic Servant 19
Living On Own Means 17
Farm Labourer 16
General Servant 15
General Servant Domestic 14
Coal Miner 13
Bricklayer 12
Carpenter 12
Gardener 12
General Domestic Servant 11
Living On Her Own Means 11
Carman 10
House Keeper 10
Dressmaker 9
Farmer 9
Clerk 9
Cook 8
Errand Boy 8
Blacksmith 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Card

Name Census Frequency
William Card 1,005
Mary Card 822
George Card 639
John Card 584
Elizabeth Card 537
Henry Card 438
Sarah Card 430
Thomas Card 406
James Card 347
Charles Card 308
Ellen Card 268
Ann Card 251
Edward Card 236
Eliza Card 235
Jane Card 220
Alice Card 195
Annie Card 191
Emily Card 190
Emma Card 185
Alfred Card 184
Frederick Card 174
Albert Card 163
Joseph Card 149
Harriet Card 141
Richard Card 135

Card Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Card 100% 14,368
2 Creed 40% 12,190
3 Curd 75% 5,685
4 Croad 40% 2,089
5 Caird 80% 1,092
6 Cord 75% 952
7 Croud 40% 700
8 Coard 80% 571
9 Acred 40% 421
10 Caradie 57% 197
11 Carde 80% 194
12 Crud 50% 193
13 Cread 40% 170
14 Acrid 40% 162
15 Crude 40% 137
16 Cardoe 67% 127
17 Cardo 80% 121

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The surname Card is the most popular version of all its varients

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