Morse Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 9
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 47
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 4
Cornwall 29
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 39
Dorset 3
Durham 15
Essex 24
Gloucestershire 362
Hampshire 35
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 24
Lancashire 46
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 364
Middlesex 43
Northumberland 13
Norfolk 32
Northamptonshire 10
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 44
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 19
Suffolk 36
Somerset 264
Surrey 50
Sussex 10
Staffordshire 21
Warwickshire 28
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 254
Worcestershire 19
Yorkshire 31

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 45
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 145
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 140
Pembrokeshire 201
Radnorshire 0

Morse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Morse family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 564
Agricultural Labourer 74
Coal Miner 42
Domestic Servant 25
General Labourer 25
General Servant 21
Dress Maker 19
Farm Labourer 18
Laundress 15
Labourer 15
Carpenter 13
Mason 13
Farmers Daughter 9
Annuitant 8
Errand Boy 8
House Keeper 7
Stone Mason 7
Farmers Son 7
Baker 6
No Occupation 6
House Keeper Domestic 6
Charwoman 5
Cook Domestic Servant 5
Tailor 5
Black Smith 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Morse

Name Census Frequency
William Morse 1,229
Mary Morse 1,057
John Morse 817
Elizabeth Morse 741
Thomas Morse 603
George Morse 519
Sarah Morse 516
James Morse 428
Charles Morse 407
Henry Morse 399
Ann Morse 359
Jane Morse 288
Frederick Morse 261
Joseph Morse 243
Eliza Morse 230
Richard Morse 221
Edward Morse 218
Emily Morse 215
Robert Morse 212
Annie Morse 211
Martha Morse 211
Ellen Morse 208
Alice Morse 187
Alfred Morse 184
Albert Morse 182

Morse Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mears 40% 19,097
2 Moores 50% 17,103
3 Morse 100% 17,032
4 Moors 60% 9,008
5 Moris 60% 5,681
6 Meers 40% 2,736
7 Mares 40% 2,590
8 Mars 60% 2,464
9 Mors 80% 2,328
10 Mooris 50% 2,317
11 Maris 40% 2,024
12 Meares 33% 1,672
13 Miers 40% 1,581
14 Mores 60% 1,008
15 Mairs 40% 920
16 Moorse 83% 725
17 Maries 50% 655
18 Mories 67% 508
19 Mires 40% 460
20 Muers 40% 387
21 Amers 40% 361
22 Meeres 33% 302
23 Muras 40% 253
24 Marse 80% 232
25 Meres 40% 196
26 Morce 80% 188
27 Emers 40% 167
28 Maers 40% 117
29 Maeers 33% 109
30 Mers 60% 105

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The surname Morse is the 3rd most popular variant of Mears.

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