Gaunt Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 66
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 111
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 207
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 82
Essex 49
Gloucestershire 6
Hampshire 19
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 23
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 63
Isle of Man 0
Kent 78
Lancashire 427
Leicestershire 45
Lincolnshire 106
London 192
Middlesex 55
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 75
Nottinghamshire 138
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 63
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 1
Somerset 2
Surrey 32
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 268
Warwickshire 147
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 59
Yorkshire 1,882

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 8
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 14
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 1

Gaunt Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gaunt family

Profession Census Frequency
School 371
Coal Miner Hewer 33
Farmer 23
Weaver 22
General Labourer 20
At Home 19
Private Means 18
Labourer 16
Butcher 14
None 13
Farm Labourer 12
General Servant (domestic) 12
Housekeeper 12
At School 12
Tailoress 12
Hairdresser 11
Warehouseman 11
Grocer Assistant 11
Worsted Spinner 11
Assisting In Business 10
School Boy 10
Bricklayer 10
Joiner 10
Dressmaker 10
Home 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Gaunt

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gaunt 1,243
John Gaunt 1,233
William Gaunt 1,109
Sarah Gaunt 868
Joseph Gaunt 693
Elizabeth Gaunt 642
George Gaunt 536
James Gaunt 505
Thomas Gaunt 497
Ann Gaunt 481
Samuel Gaunt 400
Charles Gaunt 369
Jane Gaunt 358
Hannah Gaunt 315
Emma Gaunt 300
Annie Gaunt 292
Alice Gaunt 281
Arthur Gaunt 263
Henry Gaunt 258
Eliza Gaunt 255
Martha Gaunt 240
Alfred Gaunt 228
Ellen Gaunt 202
Walter Gaunt 199
Emily Gaunt 183

Gaunt Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gaunt 100% 19,733
2 Gent 60% 18,752
3 Gant 80% 8,657
4 Agent 40% 1,256
5 Gunt 80% 352
6 Guant 60% 233
7 Gaint 80% 208
8 Ganet 60% 130
9 Geant 60% 129
10 Gount 80% 110

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The surname Gaunt is the most popular version of all its varients

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