Heard Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 24
Cambridgeshire 9
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 26
Cornwall 384
Cumberland 13
Derbyshire 6
Devon 811
Dorset 8
Durham 28
Essex 650
Gloucestershire 73
Hampshire 61
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 51
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 122
Lancashire 158
Leicestershire 68
Lincolnshire 9
London 757
Middlesex 208
Northumberland 71
Norfolk 20
Northamptonshire 10
Nottinghamshire 85
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 60
Somerset 161
Surrey 82
Sussex 45
Staffordshire 15
Warwickshire 81
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 18
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 98

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 9
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 183
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 78
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Heard Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heard family

Profession Census Frequency
School 441
Farmer 65
Private Means 42
Farm Labourer 37
None 33
General Labourer 32
General Servant (domestic) 27
Dressmaker 26
Labourer 24
At School 21
Farmers Son Working On Farm 19
Housekeeper 17
Coal Miner Hewer 17
Carpenter 15
House Keeper 15
Scholar 15
Shop Assistant 14
At Home 13
Carman 13
Old Age Pensioner 13
Butcher 12
Domestic Servant 12
Errand Boy 12
Horseman On Farm 12
General Servant Domestic 11

Most Frequent Forenames for Heard

Name Census Frequency
William Heard 1,893
Mary Heard 1,517
John Heard 1,454
Elizabeth Heard 1,127
Thomas Heard 825
George Heard 679
Sarah Heard 652
James Heard 617
Henry Heard 504
Ann Heard 492
Charles Heard 488
Richard Heard 486
Jane Heard 452
Eliza Heard 353
Ellen Heard 332
Emily Heard 326
Alice Heard 313
Frederick Heard 308
Robert Heard 304
Emma Heard 302
Joseph Heard 282
Annie Heard 269
Samuel Heard 259
Edward Heard 258
Albert Heard 253

Heard Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Heard 100% 24,345
2 Hird 60% 15,007
3 Hard 80% 12,824
4 Hurd 60% 7,736
5 Herd 80% 7,574
6 Hardie 50% 4,577
7 Hord 60% 3,449
8 Herod 60% 2,296
9 Hourd 60% 887
10 Hoard 80% 507
11 Haard 80% 380
12 Horde 40% 340
13 Haird 60% 324
14 Hardee 50% 248
15 Huard 80% 247
16 Ohard 60% 195
17 Harde 60% 185
18 Harod 60% 123
19 Houard 67% 113
20 Horide 33% 111

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

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