Kensington 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 8
London 27
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Kensington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kensington family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 4
Barrister 2
Merchant 2
Wine Merchant 2
Female Servant 1
Builder 1
Army 1
Brass Founder 1
Coloniel Broker 1
Ind 1
Lace Printer 1
Policeman 1
Servant 1
Sawyer 1
Fellow 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kensington

Name Census Frequency
William Kensington 51
Edward Kensington 35
Mary Kensington 34
Elizabeth Kensington 33
Henry Kensington 30
Charles Kensington 27
John Kensington 24
George Kensington 21
Arthur Kensington 20
Sarah Kensington 20
Emily Kensington 19
Frederick Kensington 19
Alfred Kensington 16
Annie Kensington 15
James Kensington 15
Jane Kensington 13
Harry Kensington 12
Thomas Kensington 12
Alice Kensington 11
Lucy Kensington 10
Eliza Kensington 9
Fanny Kensington 9
Laura Kensington 9
Rose Kensington 8
Walter Kensington 8

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