Hurn 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 8
Berkshire 16
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 22
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 46
Hampshire 13
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 26
Lancashire 18
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 14
London 65
Middlesex 8
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 183
Northamptonshire 7
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 17
Somerset 12
Surrey 5
Sussex 13
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 38
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 26
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 43
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Hurn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hurn family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 124
Agricultural Labourer 48
General Labourer 14
Domestic Servant 9
Coal Miner 7
Farm Labourer 7
Dress Maker 6
Laundress 5
General Servant 5
Farmer 4
Living On Own Means 4
Tailor 4
Plumber 3
Labourer 3
Labourer Tin Works 3
Carpenter 3
Cotton Piecer 2
Domestic General Servant 2
Butcher 2
Carman 2
Clerk 2
Railway Porter 2
Brick Layer 2
Estate Carpenter 2
Labourer Farm 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Hurn

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hurn 302
William Hurn 272
John Hurn 235
Elizabeth Hurn 213
James Hurn 200
Thomas Hurn 171
George Hurn 156
Sarah Hurn 133
Henry Hurn 127
Robert Hurn 121
Charles Hurn 119
Ann Hurn 98
Frederick Hurn 78
Jane Hurn 78
Arthur Hurn 77
Edward Hurn 70
Hannah Hurn 63
Alice Hurn 62
Emma Hurn 57
Eliza Hurn 56
Alfred Hurn 54
Annie Hurn 52
Albert Hurn 46
Walter Hurn 46
Martha Hurn 44

Hurn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Horn 75% 42,790
2 Horne 60% 38,395
3 Hearn 60% 26,780
4 Heron 60% 11,919
5 Hearne 50% 7,701
6 Horan 60% 6,750
7 Hurn 100% 4,960
8 Hern 75% 4,894
9 Harn 75% 3,451
10 Herne 60% 3,093
11 Ahern 60% 2,307
12 Hiron 60% 1,944
13 Harne 60% 1,529
14 Hurne 80% 1,492
15 Ahearn 50% 607
16 Haran 60% 565
17 Haron 60% 552
18 Heiron 50% 397
19 Aherne 50% 321
20 Hearon 50% 252
21 Hiern 60% 229
22 Horian 50% 168
23 Horon 60% 138
24 Horen 60% 137
25 Haren 60% 134
26 Ahearne 43% 129
27 Heran 60% 128
28 Hourne 67% 121
29 Heren 60% 110
30 Hoarn 60% 105
31 Herin 60% 102
32 Hurine 67% 100

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The surname Hurn is the 7th most popular variant of Horn.

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