Chant 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 13
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 0
Devon 15
Dorset 125
Durham 1
Essex 8
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 35
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 17
London 76
Middlesex 4
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 25
Suffolk 0
Somerset 325
Surrey 10
Sussex 20
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 43
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 3

Wales

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

Chant Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chant family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 66
Female Servant 15
Male Servant 11
Ag Labourer 11
Weaver 11
Independent 10
Labourer 10
Glover 8
Gloveress 7
Pauper 6
Thatcher 6
Carpenter 5
Agriculutral Labourer 5
Mason 4
Farmer 4
Male Labourer Son 4
Cook 3
Sawyer 3
Laundress 3
Lab 3
Shoe Maker 3
Weavers Son 3
Ag Lab 3
Fisherman 2
Independant 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Chant

Name Census Frequency
William Chant 548
Mary Chant 519
John Chant 442
George Chant 417
Sarah Chant 332
Elizabeth Chant 321
James Chant 294
Thomas Chant 264
Henry Chant 246
Charles Chant 214
Jane Chant 204
Emma Chant 179
Ann Chant 176
Eliza Chant 172
Joseph Chant 164
Ellen Chant 151
Martha Chant 141
Robert Chant 126
Frederick Chant 125
Annie Chant 115
Louisa Chant 112
Edward Chant 107
Emily Chant 104
Alice Chant 96
Susan Chant 96

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