Nester 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 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
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 5

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

Nester Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nester family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 1
Female Servant 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nester

Name Census Frequency
Mary Nester 61
John Nester 37
James Nester 27
Thomas Nester 23
Margaret Nester 22
Patrick Nester 20
Catherine Nester 13
Michael Nester 13
William Nester 12
Bridget Nester 11
Ellen Nester 10
Ann Nester 9
Annie Nester 9
Edward Nester 9
Jane Nester 9
Elizabeth Nester 8
George Nester 8
Martin Nester 8
Henry Nester 6
Joseph Nester 6
Richard Nester 6
Eliza Nester 5
Hannah Nester 5
Sarah Nester 4
Walter Nester 4

Nester Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Anster 67% 1,941
2 Nester 100% 449
3 Nestor 83% 419
4 Neister 86% 234

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The surname Nester is the 2nd most popular variant of Anster.

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