Rolfe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 26
Buckinghamshire 229
Berkshire 241
Cambridgeshire 103
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 21
Devon 10
Dorset 6
Durham 29
Essex 445
Gloucestershire 34
Hampshire 206
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 80
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 4
Kent 358
Lancashire 76
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 31
London 1,116
Middlesex 320
Northumberland 16
Norfolk 233
Northamptonshire 80
Nottinghamshire 50
Oxfordshire 66
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 9
Suffolk 309
Somerset 13
Surrey 162
Sussex 111
Staffordshire 42
Warwickshire 44
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 58
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 163

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 40
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 23
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Rolfe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rolfe family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 72
Living On Own Means 53
General Servant Domestic 44
Scholar 39
Dress Maker 33
Cook Domestic 32
Agricultural Labourer 31
Farmer 27
Housemaid Domestic 25
Laundress Wash 25
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 23
Domestic Servant 20
House Maid Domestic 16
Servant Domestic 16
Carpenter 15
Gardener Domestic 15
Charwoman 14
Blacksmith 12
Laundress 12
House Painter 11
School 11
Butcher 10
Carman 10
Commercial Clerk 10
Agricultural Labourer On Farm 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Rolfe

Name Census Frequency
William Rolfe 1,737
Mary Rolfe 1,429
John Rolfe 1,090
Elizabeth Rolfe 1,061
George Rolfe 1,058
Sarah Rolfe 844
Thomas Rolfe 813
James Rolfe 724
Charles Rolfe 684
Henry Rolfe 656
Frederick Rolfe 497
Ann Rolfe 458
Alice Rolfe 432
Robert Rolfe 420
Ellen Rolfe 418
Emma Rolfe 401
Annie Rolfe 392
Eliza Rolfe 383
Jane Rolfe 382
Alfred Rolfe 373
Arthur Rolfe 358
Emily Rolfe 355
Joseph Rolfe 302
Edward Rolfe 300
Richard Rolfe 273

Rolfe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rolfe 100% 26,899
2 Rolph 60% 8,408
3 Relf 60% 6,228
4 Rolf 80% 4,289
5 Ralfe 80% 863
6 Ralf 60% 761
7 Relfe 80% 523
8 Roalfe 83% 412
9 Roalf 60% 158
10 Realf 40% 119

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

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