Rutherford Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 8
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 5
Cambridgeshire 32
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 40
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 234
Derbyshire 12
Devon 18
Dorset 8
Durham 1,544
Essex 62
Gloucestershire 21
Hampshire 35
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 11
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 56
Lancashire 434
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 3
London 437
Middlesex 84
Northumberland 1,642
Norfolk 59
Northamptonshire 7
Nottinghamshire 13
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 9
Suffolk 45
Somerset 8
Surrey 76
Sussex 53
Staffordshire 47
Warwickshire 50
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 21
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 414

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 11
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Rutherford Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rutherford family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner Hewer 54
Dress Maker 50
Living On Own Means 50
General Labourer 44
General Servant Domestic 38
Scholar 38
Farmer 36
Coal Miner C Hewer 28
Housemaid Domestic 22
Domestic Servant 20
Blacksmith 18
Shepherd 18
Tailor 17
Joiner Carpenter 15
Agricultural Labourer 14
Servant Domestic 14
Dressmaker 14
Cook Domestic 13
Charwoman 12
Railway Porter 12
Commercial Clerk 10
Draper Assistant 10
Gardener Domestic 10
Lead Miner 10
Limestone Quarryman 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Rutherford

Name Census Frequency
John Rutherford 2,578
Mary Rutherford 2,412
William Rutherford 2,209
Thomas Rutherford 1,681
Elizabeth Rutherford 1,486
Jane Rutherford 1,321
James Rutherford 1,261
Margaret Rutherford 1,179
George Rutherford 1,126
Robert Rutherford 1,064
Ann Rutherford 908
Sarah Rutherford 863
Isabella Rutherford 741
Joseph Rutherford 498
Annie Rutherford 416
Henry Rutherford 412
Charles Rutherford 362
Hannah Rutherford 358
Alice Rutherford 333
Ellen Rutherford 311
Edward Rutherford 275
Andrew Rutherford 274
Richard Rutherford 236
Walter Rutherford 230
Catherine Rutherford 229

Rutherford Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rutherford 100% 33,060
2 Rotherford 90% 419
3 Ratherford 90% 138

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

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