Dunster 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 7
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 10
Cornwall 28
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 29
Dorset 32
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 189
Lancashire 61
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 7
London 85
Middlesex 14
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 59
Surrey 0
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 11
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 7

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dunster Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dunster family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 38
Female Servant 24
Ag Lab 11
Independent 10
Labourer 9
Copper Miner 6
Shoe Maker 6
Silk Weaver 6
Pauper 5
Carpenter 4
Male Servant 4
At The Miner 3
Charwoman 3
Ag Lab Wife 3
Lab 3
Joiner 3
Inmates 3
Exetors 3
Tailor Journeyman 2
Farmer 2
Butcher 2
Dyer 2
Engineer 2
Solicitor 2
Cooper 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Dunster

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dunster 423
William Dunster 352
John Dunster 309
George Dunster 270
Elizabeth Dunster 229
Sarah Dunster 206
James Dunster 188
Charles Dunster 187
Thomas Dunster 163
Henry Dunster 109
Ann Dunster 105
Alice Dunster 104
Frederick Dunster 103
Ellen Dunster 92
Jane Dunster 88
Emma Dunster 85
Eliza Dunster 83
Edward Dunster 79
Richard Dunster 74
Annie Dunster 69
Samuel Dunster 69
Robert Dunster 67
Hannah Dunster 66
Harriet Dunster 64
Albert Dunster 63

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