Posnett 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 9
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 17
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
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 0

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

Posnett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Posnett family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Cotton Card Room Hand 1
Female Servant 1
Independent 1
Publican 1
Farmer 1
Male Servant 1
Woollen Hosiery Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Posnett

Name Census Frequency
Mary Posnett 62
William Posnett 38
Elizabeth Posnett 30
George Posnett 30
John Posnett 30
James Posnett 23
Thomas Posnett 22
Edward Posnett 18
Emily Posnett 14
Eliza Posnett 13
Annie Posnett 12
Ann Posnett 10
Emma Posnett 10
Margaret Posnett 10
Robert Posnett 10
Sarah Posnett 10
Charlotte Posnett 8
Frederick Posnett 8
Harry Posnett 8
Harriett Posnett 7
Leonard Posnett 7
Samuel Posnett 7
Susannah Posnett 7
Arthur Posnett 6
Henry Posnett 6

Posnett Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Posnett 100% 585
2 Posnette 88% 101

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The surname Posnett is the most popular version of all its varients

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