Local 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 39
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 10

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

Local Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Local family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner Hewer 5
Sorting Clerk Telegraphist 1
Colliery Gas Stoker 1
Colliery General Labourer Above Surface 1
Railway Clerk 1
Below Coal Miner Putter 1
Coal Hewer 1
Coal Miner Underground C Below 1
Domestic House Maid 1
Driver In Coal Miner Under Ground Coal Below 1
Engine Drive Locomotive 1
Living On Own Means 1
Retired Coal Miner Hewer 1
Weigh Office Clerk 1
Crew Navyman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Local

Name Census Frequency
John Local 28
Mary Local 18
William Local 16
Margaret Local 11
Sarah Local 11
Christopher Local 9
George Local 9
Jane Local 9
Elizabeth Local 7
Kate Local 5
Ernest Local 4
Joseph Local 4
Matthew Local 4
Michael Local 4
Amelia Local 3
Annie Local 3
Charles Local 3
Dorothy Local 3
Mathew Local 3
Ralph Local 3
Albert Local 2
Arthur Local 2
Edith Local 2
Eliza Local 2
Elspeth Local 2

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