Herst 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 24
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Herst Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Herst family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
None 1
Ag Lab 1
Corn Dealer 1
House Keeper 1
Shop Keeper 1
Tailor 1
Ag Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Herst

Name Census Frequency
Mary Herst 67
John Herst 51
William Herst 48
Sarah Herst 32
Elizabeth Herst 27
George Herst 25
James Herst 24
Samuel Herst 20
Thomas Herst 20
Jane Herst 19
Henry Herst 17
Charles Herst 16
Joseph Herst 15
Arthur Herst 14
Martha Herst 13
Alice Herst 12
Annie Herst 12
Ellen Herst 12
Emma Herst 12
Ann Herst 11
Edith Herst 11
Richard Herst 11
Hannah Herst 10
Albert Herst 9
Florence Herst 8

Herst Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hurst 80% 81,001
2 Hirst 80% 66,521
3 Herst 100% 897
4 Harst 80% 567
5 Horst 80% 552
6 Hearst 83% 128

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The surname Herst is the 3rd most popular variant of Hurst.

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