Hofton 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
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 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 1
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 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

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

Hofton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hofton family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Female Servant 2
Labourer 1
Carpenter 1
Frame Work Knitter 1
Lace Mender 1
Strikes 1
Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hofton

Name Census Frequency
John Hofton 20
Sarah Hofton 17
William Hofton 17
Mary Hofton 14
Joseph Hofton 11
Ann Hofton 10
James Hofton 10
Elizabeth Hofton 9
Henry Hofton 8
Annie Hofton 7
Jane Hofton 7
Robert Hofton 6
Thomas Hofton 6
Ellen Hofton 5
Emily Hofton 5
Emma Hofton 5
Walter Hofton 5
Catherine Hofton 4
Charles Hofton 4
Christopher Hofton 4
Edward Hofton 4
George Hofton 4
Lewis Hofton 4
Stephen Hofton 4
Matilda Hofton 3

Hofton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hufton 83% 2,407
2 Hofton 100% 311

Did you know?

The surname Hofton is the 2nd most popular variant of Hufton.

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