Rouse 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 22
Berkshire 82
Cambridgeshire 11
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 14
Cornwall 199
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 48
Devon 82
Dorset 3
Durham 25
Essex 116
Gloucestershire 58
Hampshire 42
Herefordshire 28
Hertfordshire 9
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 9
Isle of Man 0
Kent 171
Lancashire 114
Leicestershire 30
Lincolnshire 187
London 577
Middlesex 109
Northumberland 19
Norfolk 104
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 52
Oxfordshire 131
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 9
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 260
Somerset 22
Surrey 27
Sussex 13
Staffordshire 73
Warwickshire 289
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 44
Worcestershire 79
Yorkshire 233

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 11
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 16
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 10
Pembrokeshire 4
Radnorshire 0

Rouse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rouse family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 540
Agricultural Labourer 147
Labourer 79
Domestic Servant 41
General Servant 30
Dress Maker 27
Laundress 27
Annuitant 23
Carpenter 20
Farm Labourer 18
Servant 18
Nurse 17
House Keeper 16
Gardener 16
Shoe Maker 13
Blacksmith 12
House Maid 11
Tailor 11
Agricultural Labourer's Wife 10
Ag Lab 10
Ag Labourer 10
General Servant Domestic 9
Cook 9
Housemaid 9
Wife Of Above 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Rouse

Name Census Frequency
William Rouse 2,067
Mary Rouse 1,652
John Rouse 1,549
Elizabeth Rouse 1,134
George Rouse 987
Sarah Rouse 936
James Rouse 907
Thomas Rouse 713
Henry Rouse 608
Ann Rouse 604
Charles Rouse 549
Jane Rouse 501
Eliza Rouse 467
Joseph Rouse 451
Edward Rouse 449
Emma Rouse 415
Alice Rouse 395
Ellen Rouse 378
Frederick Rouse 364
Richard Rouse 356
Annie Rouse 326
Robert Rouse 325
Emily Rouse 318
Arthur Rouse 311
Alfred Rouse 295

Rouse Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rees 40% 200,374
2 Rose 80% 157,852
3 Rouse 100% 28,270
4 Reese 60% 5,158
5 Ruse 80% 4,501
6 Aris 20% 3,585
7 Roose 80% 3,029
8 Rise 60% 1,984
9 Rous 80% 1,352
10 Airs 20% 1,290
11 Aries 20% 1,061
12 Ries 40% 1,019
13 Reis 40% 931
14 Roos 60% 897
15 Rosa 60% 704
16 Rus 60% 436
17 Aires 0% 298
18 Rase 60% 254
19 Roes 60% 253
20 Eairs 0% 247
21 Reas 40% 243
22 Ires 20% 214
23 Ares 20% 205
24 Rosie 60% 188
25 Rause 80% 178
26 Ros 60% 174
27 Orois 40% 170
28 Roase 80% 161
29 Eares 0% 157
30 Orse 60% 143
31 Ears 20% 142
32 Rease 60% 141
33 Rauce 60% 124
34 Iris 20% 119
35 Roas 60% 117
36 Aiers 0% 103
37 Raise 60% 103
38 Earis 0% 102
39 Res 40% 101

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The surname Rouse is the 3rd most popular variant of Rees.

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