Hirks 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 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 4
Gloucestershire 6
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 5
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Hirks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hirks family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Labourer 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Farmer 2
Independent 1
Male Servant 1
Baker 1
Reeller 1
Pupil 1
Journeyman Baker 1
Grocer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hirks

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hirks 20
John Hirks 17
William Hirks 16
Sarah Hirks 14
Thomas Hirks 12
James Hirks 8
Ann Hirks 7
Elizabeth Hirks 7
Martha Hirks 7
George Hirks 6
Jane Hirks 6
Henry Hirks 5
Joseph Hirks 5
Richard Hirks 5
Samuel Hirks 5
Annie Hirks 4
Louisa Hirks 4
Margaret Hirks 4
Benjamin Hirks 3
Charles Hirks 3
Edward Hirks 3
Eliza Hirks 3
Frank Hirks 3
Humphry Hirks 3
Stephen Hirks 3

Hirks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Harkes 67% 459
2 Harkus 67% 334
3 Harks 80% 293
4 Hirks 100% 249
5 Herkes 67% 192

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The surname Hirks is the 4th most popular variant of Harkes.

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