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 110
Buckinghamshire 26
Berkshire 135
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 37
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 24
Devon 58
Dorset 16
Durham 31
Essex 158
Gloucestershire 939
Hampshire 145
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 34
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 76
Lancashire 130
Leicestershire 13
Lincolnshire 21
London 481
Middlesex 87
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 34
Northamptonshire 17
Nottinghamshire 20
Oxfordshire 22
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 54
Suffolk 54
Somerset 564
Surrey 117
Sussex 43
Staffordshire 111
Warwickshire 143
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 467
Worcestershire 109
Yorkshire 124

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 9
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 116
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 47
Pembrokeshire 13
Radnorshire 4

Jefferies Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jefferies family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 65
General Servant Domestic 48
Dress Maker 40
Living On Own Means 38
Laundress Wash 31
Farmer 31
Scholar 27
Tailoress 26
Cook Domestic 23
Boot Maker 20
Carpenter 18
Agricultural Labourer 17
House Maid Domestic 15
Domestic Servant 14
Charwoman 13
Housemaid Domestic 13
School 12
Dressmaker 11
House Keeper 10
School Teacher 10
Tailor 10
Boot Machinist 10
Blacksmith 9
Gardener Domestic 8
Pencil Case Maker 8

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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