Means 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 1
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 19
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 11
Dorset 0
Durham 5
Essex 6
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 20
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 12
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 21
Leicestershire 10
Lincolnshire 13
London 71
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 35
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 13
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 5
Somerset 0
Surrey 8
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 10
Warwickshire 13
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 16

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Means Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Means family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 45
Coal Miner 6
Scolar 6
Living On Her Own Means 5
Domestic Servant 5
General Labourer 5
Cook 5
Own Means 4
General Servant 3
Dress Maker 3
Living On Own Means 3
Baker 2
Labourer 2
Servant 2
Carpenter 2
Farmer 2
Clerk 2
Labourer Match Factory 2
Tobacco Pipe Finisher 2
Tobacco Pipe Maker 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Laundrymaid 2
Agricultural Farm Labourer 1
Brick Yard Labourer 1
Mashinipoter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Means

Name Census Frequency
Mary Means 106
William Means 85
John Means 83
Elizabeth Means 75
George Means 75
James Means 62
Sarah Means 51
Thomas Means 46
Ann Means 42
Jane Means 42
Margaret Means 28
Charles Means 27
Robert Means 27
Eliza Means 24
Henry Means 24
Annie Means 23
Emma Means 23
Frederick Means 23
Alfred Means 22
Joseph Means 17
Catherine Means 16
Rebecca Means 16
Alice Means 15
Arthur Means 15
Louisa Means 15

Means Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mines 40% 3,993
2 Means 100% 1,611
3 Mains 60% 1,370
4 Maines 50% 1,196
5 Manes 60% 1,065
6 Mans 80% 818
7 Monies 33% 727
8 Emons 40% 604
9 Omans 60% 554
10 Emans 60% 550
11 Manus 60% 535
12 Monis 40% 486
13 Mones 40% 386
14 Mins 60% 378
15 Moons 60% 318
16 Muns 60% 299
17 Moens 60% 297
18 Amans 60% 276
19 Emens 60% 260
20 Meens 80% 216
21 Minus 40% 194
22 Omons 40% 182
23 Mens 80% 158
24 Amons 40% 120
25 Mons 60% 113
26 Mansi 60% 107
27 Munes 40% 106

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The surname Means is the 2nd most popular variant of Mines.

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