Drives 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 9

Wales

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

Drives Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Drives family

Profession Census Frequency
Carpenter 2
Agriculture Labourer 2
Sempstress 1
Cab Master 1
Laborer 1
Officer 1
Inn Keeper 1
Wool Comber 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Drives

Name Census Frequency
William Drives 16
Mary Drives 14
Elizabeth Drives 12
John Drives 12
Sarah Drives 10
Ann Drives 8
Charles Drives 7
James Drives 7
Fanny Drives 6
George Drives 6
Joseph Drives 5
Samuel Drives 5
Eliza Drives 4
Hannah Drives 4
Harriet Drives 4
Arthur Drives 3
Charlotte Drives 3
Margaret Drives 3
Rebecca Drives 3
Richard Drives 3
Robert Drives 3
Sophia Drives 3
Alice Drives 2
Emily Drives 2
Emma Drives 2

Drives Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Darvis 50% 484
2 Drives 100% 229
3 Darves 67% 118
4 Darvies 57% 102

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The surname Drives is the 2nd most popular variant of Darvis.

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