Cunning Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cunning Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cunning family

Profession Census Frequency
School 9
Private Means 4
Clerk 3
Housemaid 3
Student 3
General Labourer 3
Commercial Clerk 3
Farm Labourer 2
Accountant To Firm Of Electrical Engineers 1
Builder And Decorator Jobbing Work In General 1
Civil Service Woman Clerk 1
Clerk (bank) 1
Clerk Home Merchants Office 1
Clerk To Stock Broker 1
Commercial Traveller Iron 1
House Keeper, Retired 1
House Painter 1
Housemaid (domestic) 1
Housemaid Domestic 1
Ironmonger (dealer) 1
Lady Companion 1
Sr Of Nazareth 1
Billiard Macker 1
Brewers Traveller 1
Engineer Turner 1

Cunning Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Canning 86% 11,965
2 Cunning 100% 2,649
3 Conning 86% 1,153

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The surname Cunning is the 2nd most popular variant of Canning.

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