Davenport 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 20
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 1,241
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 123
Devon 14
Dorset 4
Durham 12
Essex 21
Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 20
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 48
Lancashire 1,893
Leicestershire 108
Lincolnshire 4
London 312
Middlesex 51
Northumberland 28
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 48
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland 0
Shropshire 108
Suffolk 5
Somerset 2
Surrey 16
Sussex 30
Staffordshire 548
Warwickshire 227
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 152
Yorkshire 121

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 8
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 8
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 13

Davenport Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Davenport family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,095
Cotton Weaver 111
Coal Miner 64
Dress Maker 53
Silk Weaver 41
Agricultural Labourer 40
Domestic Servant 38
House Keeper 38
Labourer 38
General Labourer 35
Cotton Winder 27
Annuitant 24
Joiner 23
Farm Labourer 21
Potter 21
Silk Winder 20
No Occupation 17
Shoe Maker 15
General Servant Domestic 15
General Servant 14
Cotton Dyer 14
Laundress 13
Servant 13
Clerk 12
Milliner 12

Most Frequent Forenames for Davenport

Name Census Frequency
Mary Davenport 2,728
John Davenport 2,427
William Davenport 2,231
James Davenport 1,671
Thomas Davenport 1,633
Elizabeth Davenport 1,611
Sarah Davenport 1,590
George Davenport 1,010
Ann Davenport 903
Joseph Davenport 902
Charles Davenport 728
Alice Davenport 709
Henry Davenport 688
Samuel Davenport 673
Annie Davenport 672
Jane Davenport 664
Hannah Davenport 598
Martha Davenport 527
Ellen Davenport 522
Emma Davenport 476
Eliza Davenport 432
Margaret Davenport 389
Edward Davenport 378
Robert Davenport 356
Arthur Davenport 346

Davenport Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Davenport 100% 39,050
2 Devonport 78% 7,156
3 Devenport 89% 5,650
4 Davonport 89% 516
5 Deavenport 90% 418
6 Deavonport 80% 162
7 Devanport 78% 142
8 Dovenport 89% 128

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