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 10
Buckinghamshire 43
Berkshire 34
Cambridgeshire 68
Channel Islands 11
Cheshire 44
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 22
Derbyshire 273
Devon 84
Dorset 1
Durham 74
Essex 111
Gloucestershire 85
Hampshire 46
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 51
Isle of Man 1
Kent 97
Lancashire 217
Leicestershire 408
Lincolnshire 213
London 444
Middlesex 138
Northumberland 31
Norfolk 15
Northamptonshire 383
Nottinghamshire 728
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 51
Shropshire 15
Suffolk 6
Somerset 20
Surrey 89
Sussex 110
Staffordshire 175
Warwickshire 168
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 39
Yorkshire 444

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 10
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 45
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 45
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Henson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Henson family

Profession Census Frequency
School 459
Farm Labourer 49
Labourer 46
General Servant (domestic) 29
Private Means 24
General Labourer 24
Dressmaker 20
Housekeeper 20
Scholar 17
Coal Miner Hewer 17
Bricklayer 16
General Servant Domestic 16
House Painter 16
Railway Clerk 16
Farmer 15
None 15
Assisting In The Business 15
Coal Miner 15
Butcher 14
At Home 13
Nil 13
Dress Maker 12
Plasterer 11
Domestic Servant 10
Joiner 10

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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