Henson Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 12
Buckinghamshire 21
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 87
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 26
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 19
Derbyshire 174
Devon 68
Dorset 0
Durham 23
Essex 20
Gloucestershire 28
Hampshire 16
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 10
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 54
Isle of Man 0
Kent 44
Lancashire 171
Leicestershire 331
Lincolnshire 179
London 465
Middlesex 36
Northumberland 13
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 362
Nottinghamshire 599
Oxfordshire 15
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 54
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 11
Somerset 36
Surrey 46
Sussex 83
Staffordshire 109
Warwickshire 101
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 26
Yorkshire 337

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 30
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 24
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Henson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Henson family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 808
Agricultural Labourer 89
Domestic Servant 36
General Labourer 35
Labourer 32
Dress Maker 30
Farm Labourer 29
General Servant 25
Coal Miner 25
Lace Maker 25
Frame Work Knitter 17
Joiner 16
Laundress 16
Carpenter 13
Farmers Son 13
Bricklayer 10
Hawker 10
Cook 8
General Domestic Servant 8
House Keeper 8
Servant 8
Servant Domestic 8
Tailor 8
Agricultural Labourer Wife 8
Seamstress 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Henson

Name Census Frequency
William Henson 1,973
Mary Henson 1,722
John Henson 1,560
Elizabeth Henson 1,148
Thomas Henson 1,121
Sarah Henson 1,002
George Henson 892
Ann Henson 693
James Henson 608
Henry Henson 555
Eliza Henson 510
Charles Henson 487
Joseph Henson 435
Jane Henson 413
Annie Henson 381
Emma Henson 352
Samuel Henson 348
Arthur Henson 337
Robert Henson 323
Alice Henson 297
Ellen Henson 292
Hannah Henson 275
Frederick Henson 268
Edward Henson 249
Albert Henson 234

Henson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hanson 83% 68,020
2 Henson 100% 26,942
3 Hinson 83% 6,395
4 Hansen 67% 3,102
5 Honson 83% 1,168
6 Hanison 71% 1,002
7 Heenson 86% 388
8 Hunson 83% 351
9 Hainson 71% 303
10 Hounson 71% 226
11 Hineson 71% 140
12 Henison 86% 116

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The surname Henson is the 2nd most popular variant of Hanson.

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