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 113
Buckinghamshire 9
Berkshire 122
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 23
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 24
Derbyshire 10
Devon 45
Dorset 17
Durham 35
Essex 71
Gloucestershire 675
Hampshire 78
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 10
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 0
Kent 62
Lancashire 100
Leicestershire 7
Lincolnshire 16
London 386
Middlesex 64
Northumberland 10
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 19
Nottinghamshire 22
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 17
Suffolk 36
Somerset 376
Surrey 40
Sussex 51
Staffordshire 78
Warwickshire 85
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 431
Worcestershire 52
Yorkshire 92

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 40
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 44
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Jefferies Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jefferies family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 589
Agricultural Labourer 61
General Labourer 44
Farmer 37
Coal Miner 35
Domestic Servant 28
Living On Own Means 25
Dress Maker 23
Laundress 22
General Servant 20
Labourer 20
General Servant Domestic 16
Dressmaker 16
Carpenter 15
Gardener 14
Tailor 14
Farm Labourer 13
House Keeper 13
Living On Her Own Means 12
Boot Maker 11
Groom 11
Tailoress 11
Blacksmith 9
Grocer 9
Errand Boy 9

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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