Gentle 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 48
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 11
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 28
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 135
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 8
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 31
London 56
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 5
Somerset 26
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

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

Gentle Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gentle family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 52
Female Servant 8
Labourer 7
Independent 6
Tailor 5
Ag Lab 4
Baker 2
Shoe Maker 2
Carpenter 2
Lodger 2
Cord Wainer 2
Hawker 2
Publican 2
Power Loom 2
Farmer 2
Dentist 2
Student 2
Accountant 1
Blind Pupil Learn To Spinning 1
Boot Maker 1
Carman 1
Fs 1
Gardener 1
General Labourer 1
Groom 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gentle

Name Census Frequency
William Gentle 355
Mary Gentle 331
John Gentle 299
George Gentle 244
Elizabeth Gentle 241
James Gentle 221
Sarah Gentle 173
Ann Gentle 143
Thomas Gentle 137
Charles Gentle 130
Eliza Gentle 125
Samuel Gentle 123
Arthur Gentle 109
Alfred Gentle 105
Joseph Gentle 95
Emma Gentle 94
Alice Gentle 88
Frederick Gentle 88
Annie Gentle 87
Henry Gentle 80
Ellen Gentle 75
Emily Gentle 75
Jane Gentle 73
Edward Gentle 71
Harry Gentle 71

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