Norwich 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 1
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 9
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 2
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 1

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

Norwich Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Norwich family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer's Son 3
Scholar 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
At Home 2
Servant 2
Pauper 2
Formerly Cook 1
Agricultural Labourer's Daughter 1
Agricultural Labourer's Wife 1
Brewers Servant 1
Coachman 1
Dressmaker 1
Labourer In Wigram Ship Yard 1
Railway Labourer 1
Nurse 1
House Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Norwich

Name Census Frequency
Mary Norwich 19
John Norwich 16
William Norwich 14
Thomas Norwich 11
Samuel Norwich 10
George Norwich 9
Elizabeth Norwich 8
Ann Norwich 7
Martha Norwich 7
James Norwich 6
Jane Norwich 6
Sarah Norwich 6
Hannah Norwich 5
Henry Norwich 5
Caroline Norwich 4
Joseph Norwich 4
Albert Norwich 3
Annie Norwich 3
Charlotte Norwich 3
Clara Norwich 3
Ebenezer Norwich 3
Ellen Norwich 3
Emily Norwich 3
Ida Norwich 3
Maria Norwich 3

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