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 4
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 48
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 67
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 227
Derbyshire 14
Devon 43
Dorset 8
Durham 1,788
Essex 110
Gloucestershire 18
Hampshire 43
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 2
Kent 60
Lancashire 458
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 9
London 468
Middlesex 97
Northumberland 1,791
Norfolk 10
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 14
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 43
Somerset 7
Surrey 76
Sussex 37
Staffordshire 48
Warwickshire 45
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 31
Worcestershire 19
Yorkshire 467

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 17
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 14
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Rutherford Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rutherford family

Profession Census Frequency
School 564
Coal Miner Hewer 70
Dressmaker 40
Farmer 39
Labourer 33
Private Means 32
Farm Labourer 31
General Labourer 29
Clerk 26
At School 23
General Servant (domestic) 22
Joiner 22
None 18
Domestic Servant 17
Home 16
Housekeeper 15
Railway Clerk 14
Blacksmith 14
Shepherd 14
Dock Labourer 13
House Painter 13
At Home 13
Coal Miner (hewer) 13
Student 12
Tailor 12

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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