Huggins Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 167
Cambridgeshire 27
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 20
Cornwall 17
Cumberland 33
Derbyshire 21
Devon 96
Dorset 2
Durham 96
Essex 152
Gloucestershire 160
Hampshire 47
Herefordshire 13
Hertfordshire 74
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 45
Isle of Man 0
Kent 229
Lancashire 100
Leicestershire 20
Lincolnshire 62
London 780
Middlesex 183
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 315
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 15
Oxfordshire 66
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 45
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 58
Somerset 61
Surrey 142
Sussex 98
Staffordshire 31
Warwickshire 70
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 24
Worcestershire 14
Yorkshire 246

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 11
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 65
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 62
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Huggins Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Huggins family

Profession Census Frequency
School 388
Farm Labourer 42
Clerk 31
General Labourer 29
None 29
Dressmaker 20
Private Means 20
Domestic Servant 19
General Servant (domestic) 15
At Home 14
Butcher 13
Bricklayer 11
Commercial Clerk 11
House Painter 11
No Occupation 11
Coal Miner Hewer 10
Cotton Weaver 10
Insurance Agent 9
Charwoman 9
Grocer Assistant 9
Labourer 9
At School 8
Drapers Assistant 8
House Keeper 8
Farmer 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Huggins

Name Census Frequency
William Huggins 1,214
Mary Huggins 1,141
John Huggins 1,004
Elizabeth Huggins 763
James Huggins 641
George Huggins 592
Sarah Huggins 578
Thomas Huggins 540
Charles Huggins 526
Henry Huggins 490
Robert Huggins 339
Ann Huggins 313
Jane Huggins 310
Eliza Huggins 301
Ellen Huggins 299
Emma Huggins 291
Edward Huggins 286
Alice Huggins 259
Emily Huggins 229
Annie Huggins 221
Arthur Huggins 219
Frederick Huggins 215
Alfred Huggins 194
Albert Huggins 191
Hannah Huggins 188

Huggins Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Higgins 86% 90,842
2 Huggins 100% 19,432
3 Higgens 71% 3,330
4 Hoggins 86% 2,063
5 Heggins 86% 921
6 Haggins 86% 656
7 Huggens 86% 590
8 Higgans 71% 342
9 Higgons 71% 232
10 Hugins 86% 113

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The surname Huggins is the 2nd most popular variant of Higgins.

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