Jefferies Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 86
Buckinghamshire 32
Berkshire 124
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 27
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 8
Devon 46
Dorset 22
Durham 18
Essex 88
Gloucestershire 677
Hampshire 63
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 11
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 22
Isle of Man 0
Kent 46
Lancashire 79
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 13
London 391
Middlesex 35
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 9
Nottinghamshire 20
Oxfordshire 50
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 22
Shropshire 29
Suffolk 47
Somerset 465
Surrey 44
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 102
Warwickshire 110
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 399
Worcestershire 103
Yorkshire 60

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 25
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 26
Pembrokeshire 10
Radnorshire 0

Jefferies Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jefferies family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 702
Agricultural Labourer 79
General Labourer 45
Dress Maker 44
Labourer 34
Domestic Servant 33
General Servant 28
Coal Miner 25
Laundress 24
Shoe Maker 23
Carpenter 15
General Servant Domestic 14
Annuitant 13
House Keeper 11
Tailor 11
Tailoress 11
Charwoman 10
Engine Fitter 10
Butcher 10
Farm Labourer 10
Retired Farmer 9
Grocer 9
Errand Boy 8
Basket Maker 8
Railway Labourer 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Jefferies

Name Census Frequency
William Jefferies 1,510
Mary Jefferies 1,406
John Jefferies 1,163
Elizabeth Jefferies 963
Sarah Jefferies 885
George Jefferies 867
Thomas Jefferies 783
James Jefferies 556
Charles Jefferies 555
Henry Jefferies 524
Ann Jefferies 495
Alice Jefferies 398
Eliza Jefferies 383
Joseph Jefferies 382
Jane Jefferies 376
Annie Jefferies 366
Ellen Jefferies 361
Frederick Jefferies 351
Albert Jefferies 346
Emma Jefferies 328
Alfred Jefferies 314
Robert Jefferies 313
Emily Jefferies 310
Edward Jefferies 309
Arthur Jefferies 280

Jefferies Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jefferies 100% 25,339
2 Jeffries 89% 22,848
3 Jefferys 78% 4,487
4 Jefferis 89% 3,716
5 Jeffers 78% 2,853
6 Jeffereys 78% 988
7 Jiffers 67% 415
8 Jefferes 89% 303
9 Jeffres 78% 288
10 Jeffris 78% 237
11 Jeffories 89% 190
12 Jeffires 78% 184
13 Jafferies 89% 162
14 Jeffreis 67% 130

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