Salisbury Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 39
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 17
Cambridgeshire 64
Channel Islands 7
Cheshire 240
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 42
Devon 73
Dorset 52
Durham 27
Essex 64
Gloucestershire 132
Hampshire 66
Herefordshire 12
Hertfordshire 32
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 1
Kent 11
Lancashire 1,089
Leicestershire 56
Lincolnshire 16
London 495
Middlesex 146
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 29
Northamptonshire 30
Nottinghamshire 43
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 40
Suffolk 22
Somerset 113
Surrey 63
Sussex 10
Staffordshire 140
Warwickshire 189
Westmorland 5
Wiltshire 42
Worcestershire 191
Yorkshire 107

Wales

Anglesey 10
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 71
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 193
Flintshire 71
Glamorgan 42
Merionethshire 6
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 35
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Salisbury Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Salisbury family

Profession Census Frequency
School 406
Farm Labourer 44
Cotton Weaver 40
Coal Miner Hewer 25
General Servant (domestic) 24
Labourer 23
General Labourer 21
Farmer 20
General Servant Domestic 18
Private Means 18
Domestic Servant 17
None 17
Housekeeper 15
Weaver 15
Carter 14
Dressmaker 13
House Wife 13
Blacksmith 13
Cook (domestic) 12
House Keeper 12
At School 11
At Home 11
Weaver (cotton) 11
Weaver Cotton 11
Old Age Pensioner 11

Most Frequent Forenames for Salisbury

Name Census Frequency
William Salisbury 1,518
Mary Salisbury 1,464
John Salisbury 1,401
Thomas Salisbury 1,007
Elizabeth Salisbury 1,004
Sarah Salisbury 728
James Salisbury 682
George Salisbury 571
Jane Salisbury 481
Henry Salisbury 448
Ellen Salisbury 437
Ann Salisbury 429
Robert Salisbury 413
Margaret Salisbury 399
Joseph Salisbury 378
Charles Salisbury 366
Edward Salisbury 361
Alice Salisbury 359
Annie Salisbury 281
Richard Salisbury 279
Emma Salisbury 245
Frederick Salisbury 227
Emily Salisbury 212
Samuel Salisbury 197
Maria Salisbury 182

Salisbury Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Salisbury 100% 21,979
2 Salsbury 89% 3,450
3 Salesbury 89% 1,158
4 Sailsbury 78% 556
5 Salusbury 89% 475
6 Silsbury 78% 369
7 Solesbury 78% 309
8 Saulsbury 78% 203

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

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