Eaves 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 1
Berkshire 2
Cambridgeshire 12
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 50
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 10
Devon 4
Dorset 7
Durham 5
Essex 10
Gloucestershire 31
Hampshire 22
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 12
Lancashire 1,023
Leicestershire 9
Lincolnshire 5
London 138
Middlesex 60
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 25
Northamptonshire 12
Nottinghamshire 34
Oxfordshire 15
Rutland 0
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 60
Somerset 6
Surrey 22
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 95
Warwickshire 250
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 75
Yorkshire 47

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 7
Carmarthenshire 6
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 6
Glamorgan 17
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 13
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Eaves Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Eaves family

Profession Census Frequency
School 205
Weaver 19
General Labourer 15
Bricklayer 15
General Servant (domestic) 13
Labourer 13
Cotton Weaver 13
None 12
At School 12
Carter 12
Farm Labourer 12
Housekeeper 12
Errand Boy 10
Coal Miner Hewer 10
At Home 10
Private Means 9
Dressmaker 8
Assisting In The Business 7
Charwoman 7
Domestic Servant 7
Assisting In Business 6
Carman 6
Labourer General 6
General Servant Domestic 6
Housewife 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Eaves

Name Census Frequency
William Eaves 811
Mary Eaves 713
John Eaves 635
Elizabeth Eaves 534
Thomas Eaves 512
James Eaves 379
George Eaves 327
Sarah Eaves 306
Ann Eaves 278
Richard Eaves 244
Alice Eaves 238
Charles Eaves 229
Ellen Eaves 229
Margaret Eaves 221
Edward Eaves 219
Jane Eaves 208
Henry Eaves 188
Robert Eaves 173
Joseph Eaves 142
Annie Eaves 136
Eliza Eaves 128
Emma Eaves 117
Frederick Eaves 94
Arthur Eaves 90
Hannah Eaves 88

Eaves Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ives 60% 24,623
2 Eaves 100% 10,873
3 Eves 80% 10,352
4 Avis 60% 9,769
5 Aves 80% 4,725
6 Vause 20% 3,412
7 Vose 20% 3,130
8 Vise 20% 409
9 Voase 20% 379
10 Eavis 80% 377
11 Evis 60% 367
12 Vouse 0% 268
13 Vase 40% 246
14 Vos 40% 220
15 Evas 60% 201
16 Vaus 40% 153
17 Voas 20% 149
18 Avies 60% 139
19 Ivis 40% 108

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The surname Eaves is the 2nd most popular variant of Ives.

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