Robbins Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 13
Buckinghamshire 41
Berkshire 98
Cambridgeshire 27
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 22
Cornwall 27
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 5
Devon 82
Dorset 106
Durham 26
Essex 52
Gloucestershire 376
Hampshire 120
Herefordshire 45
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 125
Lancashire 77
Leicestershire 36
Lincolnshire 20
London 782
Middlesex 93
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 33
Northamptonshire 134
Nottinghamshire 41
Oxfordshire 152
Rutland 0
Shropshire 27
Suffolk 2
Somerset 435
Surrey 66
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 154
Warwickshire 588
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 272
Worcestershire 167
Yorkshire 79

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 10
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 68
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 5
Monmouthshire 71
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Robbins Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Robbins family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,013
Agricultural Labourer 153
Dress Maker 47
General Labourer 45
Labourer 45
Domestic Servant 44
Coal Miner 44
General Servant 36
Carpenter 34
Farm Labourer 33
Laundress 32
Annuitant 22
General Servant Domestic 22
Charwoman 20
Errand Boy 15
No Occupation 15
Blacksmith 14
Boot Maker 14
Servant 12
Tailor 12
Cook Domestic Servant 11
General Domestic Servant 11
Labourer Wife 10
Bricklayer 9
House Keeper 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Robbins

Name Census Frequency
William Robbins 2,218
Mary Robbins 1,878
John Robbins 1,664
Elizabeth Robbins 1,417
George Robbins 1,355
Sarah Robbins 1,081
Thomas Robbins 1,012
James Robbins 941
Charles Robbins 740
Henry Robbins 667
Ann Robbins 634
Joseph Robbins 611
Jane Robbins 559
Eliza Robbins 551
Emma Robbins 515
Alice Robbins 506
Emily Robbins 477
Annie Robbins 464
Alfred Robbins 463
Arthur Robbins 450
Ellen Robbins 450
Frederick Robbins 422
Albert Robbins 389
Edward Robbins 380
Samuel Robbins 336

Robbins Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Robins 86% 48,425
2 Robbins 100% 34,646
3 Ribbons 71% 1,988
4 Ribbans 71% 1,024
5 Ribbins 86% 404
6 Ribbens 71% 322
7 Robbens 86% 215
8 Rubbins 86% 153
9 Rabbins 86% 146

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The surname Robbins is the 2nd most popular variant of Robins.

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