Court Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 69
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 50
Derbyshire 18
Devon 74
Dorset 26
Durham 20
Essex 28
Gloucestershire 145
Hampshire 75
Herefordshire 23
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 602
Lancashire 145
Leicestershire 36
Lincolnshire 1
London 592
Middlesex 43
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 12
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 30
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 14
Somerset 423
Surrey 144
Sussex 125
Staffordshire 67
Warwickshire 366
Westmorland 12
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 253
Yorkshire 105

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 76
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 64
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Court Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Court family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 751
Agricultural Labourer 82
Domestic Servant 39
General Labourer 39
Labourer 37
Laundress 34
Dress Maker 33
Carpenter 28
General Servant 28
Annuitant 27
Farm Labourer 20
Gardener 20
Bricklayer 16
No Occupation 15
General Servant Domestic 15
House Keeper 14
Painter 13
Coal Miner 12
Farmers Son 11
Shoe Maker 11
Railway Porter 10
Blacksmith 9
Servant 9
Wife 9
Baker 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Court

Name Census Frequency
William Court 1,855
Mary Court 1,728
John Court 1,482
Elizabeth Court 1,172
George Court 1,025
Thomas Court 935
Sarah Court 909
James Court 763
Charles Court 672
Henry Court 633
Jane Court 550
Ann Court 542
Frederick Court 421
Ellen Court 403
Eliza Court 397
Alice Court 366
Joseph Court 366
Alfred Court 359
Emily Court 359
Richard Court 349
Edward Court 343
Robert Court 333
Annie Court 328
Emma Court 310
Arthur Court 292

Court Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Court 100% 27,875
2 Cort 80% 2,931
3 Croot 40% 2,930
4 Cart 60% 2,653
5 Crate 20% 1,721
6 Carte 40% 1,373
7 Crute 40% 991
8 Acourt 83% 940
9 Crout 60% 690
10 Curt 80% 582
11 Croote 33% 239
12 Curtie 50% 219
13 Corte 60% 200
14 Cartie 33% 140
15 Curte 60% 120
16 Corti 60% 117
17 Cartee 33% 115

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

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