Flight 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 9
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 8
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 50
Hampshire 16
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 132
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 10
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Flight Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Flight family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 24
At Home 7
Dress Maker 6
Shipwright 6
Woollen Cloth Worker 5
House Servant 5
House Maid 4
Labourer 4
Tailor 4
Carpenter 3
Errand Boy 3
Baker 2
Shoemaker Journeyman 2
Tailor Journeyman 2
Whitesmith 2
Cloth Worker 2
Pauper Woolen Cloth Weaver 2
Annuitant 2
Painter 2
Book Seller 2
Collector 2
House Keeper 2
Shoe Maker 2
Waiter 2
Chelsea Pensioner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Flight

Name Census Frequency
Mary Flight 196
William Flight 185
John Flight 168
Thomas Flight 117
Elizabeth Flight 115
Sarah Flight 102
George Flight 98
James Flight 80
Walter Flight 60
Ann Flight 57
Ellen Flight 53
Eliza Flight 49
Emily Flight 48
Charles Flight 46
Henry Flight 45
Alice Flight 43
Emma Flight 42
Joseph Flight 42
Frederick Flight 41
Jane Flight 40
Albert Flight 38
Annie Flight 35
Alfred Flight 34
Hannah Flight 32
Samuel Flight 30

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