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 18
Buckinghamshire 34
Berkshire 23
Cambridgeshire 76
Channel Islands 7
Cheshire 34
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 17
Derbyshire 256
Devon 69
Dorset 0
Durham 50
Essex 66
Gloucestershire 57
Hampshire 36
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 50
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 40
Isle of Man 1
Kent 100
Lancashire 252
Leicestershire 350
Lincolnshire 192
London 501
Middlesex 92
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 30
Northamptonshire 325
Nottinghamshire 709
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 40
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 9
Somerset 37
Surrey 34
Sussex 108
Staffordshire 119
Warwickshire 165
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 55
Yorkshire 494

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 10
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 53
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 33
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Henson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Henson family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 51
Scholar 37
Living On Own Means 34
Dress Maker 29
Farmer 26
Coal Miner Hewer 25
General Servant Domestic 24
Domestic Servant 22
Carpenter 17
Cook Domestic 17
Housemaid Domestic 17
Agricultural Labourer 17
Bricklayer 14
Railway Clerk 12
Farm Labourer 12
Laundress Wash 11
Charwoman 10
School 10
Blacksmith 10
Plumber 9
Cotton Weaver 9
Bricklayer Labourer 8
Butcher 8
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 8
Plasterer 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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