Rockingham 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 1
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 2
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 30
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

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

Rockingham Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rockingham family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
Lace Maker 4
Pauper 1
Woollen Hosiery Maker 1
Boat Man 1
Miller 1
None 1
Lime Burner 1
Polisher 1
Work In South Eastern Railway 1
Brick Maker Journeyman 1
Tile Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rockingham

Name Census Frequency
William Rockingham 58
John Rockingham 49
Thomas Rockingham 34
Mary Rockingham 33
George Rockingham 32
Ann Rockingham 31
Elizabeth Rockingham 31
David Rockingham 24
Richard Rockingham 22
Sarah Rockingham 21
Edith Rockingham 20
Annie Rockingham 19
Alice Rockingham 16
Eliza Rockingham 14
Jane Rockingham 14
Samuel Rockingham 13
Ada Rockingham 12
Frank Rockingham 11
Henry Rockingham 11
Emma Rockingham 10
James Rockingham 10
Arthur Rockingham 9
Edward Rockingham 9
Frederick Rockingham 9
Isaac Rockingham 9

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