Creek Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 5
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 123
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 61
Dorset 0
Durham 19
Essex 77
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 9
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 45
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 45
London 86
Middlesex 40
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 30
Somerset 13
Surrey 21
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 104

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 30
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Creek Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Creek family

Profession Census Frequency
School 61
Farm Labourer 19
Dressmaker 6
General Labourer 5
Cook (domestic) 4
General Servant Domestic 4
Blacksmith 4
General Servant (domestic) 4
Farmer 4
Coal Porter 3
House Keeper 3
House Painter 3
Carpenter 3
Shepherd On Farm 3
Clerk 3
Bricklayer 3
Carpenter & Joiner 3
Labourer 3
School Boy 3
Domestic Servant 3
Laundress 3
Mill Hand Sheet Catcher 3
Shepherd 3
Mariner 3
Railway Clerk 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Creek

Name Census Frequency
William Creek 277
Mary Creek 274
John Creek 235
Elizabeth Creek 162
Sarah Creek 135
James Creek 127
George Creek 117
Thomas Creek 107
Charles Creek 87
Ann Creek 86
Alice Creek 76
Edward Creek 65
Eliza Creek 60
Henry Creek 58
Robert Creek 53
Ellen Creek 50
Jane Creek 50
Joseph Creek 49
Arthur Creek 47
Alfred Creek 45
Emily Creek 44
Emma Creek 44
Frederick Creek 40
Edith Creek 39
Susan Creek 38

Creek Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Crook 60% 62,333
2 Cork 40% 18,506
3 Corke 40% 7,952
4 Creek 100% 4,015
5 Crooke 50% 3,842
6 Crake 40% 2,467
7 Creech 67% 1,870
8 Creak 80% 1,279
9 Craik 60% 1,240
10 Croke 40% 1,141
11 Cark 40% 874
12 Carke 40% 783
13 Craike 50% 562
14 Croake 50% 242
15 Creck 80% 149
16 Croak 60% 148
17 Creake 67% 139
18 Creeke 83% 131
19 Crok 60% 108

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The surname Creek is the 4th most popular variant of Crook.

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