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 7
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 47
Cambridgeshire 7
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 13
Cornwall 33
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 10
Devon 37
Dorset 8
Durham 9
Essex 70
Gloucestershire 239
Hampshire 29
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 11
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 37
Lancashire 65
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 0
London 310
Middlesex 55
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 25
Northamptonshire 13
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 17
Rutland 0
Shropshire 10
Suffolk 18
Somerset 146
Surrey 35
Sussex 18
Staffordshire 23
Warwickshire 34
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 186
Worcestershire 39
Yorkshire 51

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 15
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 149
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 75
Pembrokeshire 99
Radnorshire 0

Morse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Morse family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 315
Agricultural Labourer 38
Coal Miner 30
Domestic Servant 29
General Labourer 21
Living On Own Means 21
Dress Maker 20
Living On Her Own Means 18
Farmer 17
Labourer 17
Laundress 12
Gardener 12
Farm Labourer 11
Carpenter 10
General Servant Domestic 10
General Servant 10
Blacksmith 9
Clerk 8
Farm Servant 7
Servant 7
Tailoress 6
Shoe Maker 6
Mason 6
Baker 6
Tailor 6

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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