Essex Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 66
Berkshire 40
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 1
Dorset 7
Durham 4
Essex 18
Gloucestershire 97
Hampshire 15
Herefordshire 9
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 35
Lancashire 13
Leicestershire 81
Lincolnshire 2
London 193
Middlesex 8
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 21
Nottinghamshire 22
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 22
Surrey 17
Sussex 12
Staffordshire 32
Warwickshire 182
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 29
Yorkshire 10

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Essex Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Essex family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 197
Agricultural Labourer 19
General Labourer 13
Dress Maker 10
Labourer 10
Domestic Servant 9
General Servant 8
Laundress 8
House Keeper 7
Farm Labourer 7
Coal Miner 7
Annuitant 6
Joiner 5
Carpenter 4
General Servant Domestic 4
Nil 4
Caner 4
Dividends 3
None 3
Errand Boy 3
Bricklayer Labourer 3
Baker 3
Shoe Nailor 3
Mason 3
Farm Servant 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Essex

Name Census Frequency
William Essex 561
Mary Essex 421
John Essex 373
George Essex 334
Elizabeth Essex 314
Thomas Essex 277
James Essex 263
Sarah Essex 258
Charles Essex 190
Henry Essex 172
Ann Essex 150
Edward Essex 126
Ellen Essex 122
Emma Essex 118
Eliza Essex 112
Alice Essex 107
Joseph Essex 100
Annie Essex 97
Richard Essex 94
Frederick Essex 91
Jane Essex 86
Fanny Essex 79
Hannah Essex 75
Albert Essex 70
Samuel Essex 70

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