Gess 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 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Gess Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gess family

Profession Census Frequency
Apprentice 2
Hose Minder 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Blacksmith 1
Female Servant 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Carpenter 1
Nurse 1
House Keeper 1
Railway Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gess

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gess 27
William Gess 20
John Gess 18
Henry Gess 16
Alfred Gess 15
George Gess 15
Joseph Gess 14
Charlotte Gess 13
Thomas Gess 13
Elizabeth Gess 11
Mark Gess 10
Sarah Gess 9
James Gess 8
Emily Gess 7
Rebecca Gess 7
Alice Gess 6
Florence Gess 6
Hannah Gess 6
Charles Gess 5
Patience Gess 5
Phoebe Gess 5
Samuel Gess 5
Ann Gess 4
Ernest Gess 4
Francis Gess 4

Gess Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Goss 75% 18,195
2 Gass 75% 2,777
3 Guess 80% 2,288
4 Agass 60% 680
5 Gess 100% 382
6 Gosse 60% 262
7 Guss 75% 146

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The surname Gess is the 5th most popular variant of Goss.

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