Lines Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 93
Buckinghamshire 49
Berkshire 18
Cambridgeshire 26
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 12
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 8
Devon 13
Dorset 2
Durham 29
Essex 107
Gloucestershire 65
Hampshire 19
Herefordshire 6
Hertfordshire 185
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 13
Isle of Man 0
Kent 76
Lancashire 61
Leicestershire 95
Lincolnshire 7
London 546
Middlesex 96
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 154
Northamptonshire 201
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 170
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 13
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 144
Somerset 43
Surrey 48
Sussex 12
Staffordshire 116
Warwickshire 493
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 15
Worcestershire 78
Yorkshire 86

Wales

Anglesey 4
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Lines Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lines family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 684
Agricultural Labourer 131
Labourer 46
Domestic Servant 33
Laundress 30
General Labourer 29
Carpenter 21
Dress Maker 21
General Servant 20
Coal Miner 16
Farm Labourer 16
Blacksmith 15
No Occupation 12
Servant 10
Annuitant 9
General Servant Domestic 9
Bricklayer Labourer 9
Licensed Victualler 8
Bricklayer 7
Charwoman 7
Cook Domestic Servant 7
Dressmaker 7
Tailoress 7
Servant Domestic 7
Shoe Maker 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Lines

Name Census Frequency
William Lines 1,622
Mary Lines 1,444
John Lines 1,304
Elizabeth Lines 946
George Lines 872
Sarah Lines 840
Thomas Lines 741
James Lines 548
Ann Lines 499
Henry Lines 470
Charles Lines 457
Emma Lines 417
Eliza Lines 349
Edward Lines 340
Joseph Lines 321
Alice Lines 312
Ellen Lines 302
Jane Lines 298
Frederick Lines 277
Annie Lines 268
Alfred Lines 260
Samuel Lines 252
Emily Lines 250
Robert Lines 247
Albert Lines 245

Lines Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lines 100% 22,760
2 Lynes 80% 6,315
3 Lanes 80% 2,855
4 Lones 80% 1,705
5 Lions 60% 797
6 Leans 40% 446
7 Lyness 67% 394
8 Lans 60% 331
9 Lins 80% 283
10 Elins 60% 245
11 Loines 83% 242
12 Lenis 60% 239
13 Elens 40% 179
14 Lens 60% 164
15 Leins 60% 136
16 Luns 60% 132
17 Laines 83% 131
18 Loans 40% 129
19 Loanes 67% 120
20 Lons 60% 105

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The surname Lines is the most popular version of all its varients

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