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 42
Buckinghamshire 264
Berkshire 231
Cambridgeshire 152
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 10
Devon 5
Dorset 20
Durham 39
Essex 492
Gloucestershire 44
Hampshire 305
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 106
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 0
Kent 436
Lancashire 89
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 43
London 1,282
Middlesex 455
Northumberland 22
Norfolk 263
Northamptonshire 68
Nottinghamshire 43
Oxfordshire 97
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 11
Suffolk 271
Somerset 34
Surrey 261
Sussex 145
Staffordshire 37
Warwickshire 40
Westmorland 3
Wiltshire 59
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 210

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 59
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 45
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 9
Radnorshire 0

Rolfe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rolfe family

Profession Census Frequency
School 548
Farm Labourer 90
General Labourer 67
Labourer 39
General Servant (domestic) 39
Farmer 36
None 34
Private Means 33
Dressmaker 32
General Servant Domestic 24
Butcher 24
Domestic Servant 24
Laundress 21
Cook (domestic) 21
Carman 20
At School 20
Scholar 20
House Painter 19
Assisting In The Business 19
Carpenter 18
Assisting In Business 17
Bricklayer 16
Gardener Domestic 16
Housemaid (domestic) 15
Old Age Pensioner 15

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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