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 0
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 64
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 41
Derbyshire 10
Devon 93
Dorset 35
Durham 43
Essex 33
Gloucestershire 145
Hampshire 90
Herefordshire 17
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 587
Lancashire 246
Leicestershire 47
Lincolnshire 12
London 742
Middlesex 57
Northumberland 25
Norfolk 12
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 23
Oxfordshire 24
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 4
Somerset 368
Surrey 166
Sussex 146
Staffordshire 108
Warwickshire 327
Westmorland 6
Wiltshire 16
Worcestershire 178
Yorkshire 138

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 132
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 65
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 0

Court Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Court family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 669
Agricultural Labourer 65
General Labourer 53
Living On Own Means 41
Domestic Servant 37
Coal Miner 34
Dress Maker 29
Farmer 28
Farm Labourer 27
General Servant 27
Labourer 27
Laundress 22
Living On Her Own Means 21
Carpenter 20
General Servant Domestic 18
House Keeper 15
Blacksmith 14
Joiner 13
Errand Boy 13
Shoe Maker 13
Gardener 13
Baker 12
Cook Domestic Servant 11
Grocer 11
Painter 11

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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