County 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
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

County Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the County family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Coal Dealer 2
Puddler 1
Carman 1
Servant Out Of Employ 1
Domestic Servant 1
Hat Box Maker 1
Hat Trimmer 1
Tailor 1
Governess 1

Most Frequent Forenames for County

Name Census Frequency
Charles County 14
Mary County 14
William County 13
Elizabeth County 12
James County 10
Jane County 8
Henry County 7
Margaret County 7
Frederick County 6
John County 6
Sarah County 6
Thomas County 6
Alfred County 5
Catherine County 5
Edward County 5
Eliza County 5
Ellen County 5
Emma County 5
Michael County 5
Philip County 5
Ethel County 4
Florence County 4
Louisa County 4
Patrick County 4
Alice County 3

County Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Canty 67% 3,131
2 County 100% 256
3 Conaty 67% 137

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The surname County is the 2nd most popular variant of Canty.

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