Shanton 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 4
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Shanton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shanton family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Artist 2
Female Servant 2
Agricultural Laborer 2
Lab 1
Pupil 1
Cordwainer 1
Independent 1
Apprentice 1
Chandler 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shanton

Name Census Frequency
William Shanton 34
Mary Shanton 33
John Shanton 32
Elizabeth Shanton 18
George Shanton 16
Thomas Shanton 16
Ann Shanton 13
Hannah Shanton 11
Robert Shanton 11
Jane Shanton 10
Edward Shanton 9
Sarah Shanton 9
Ellen Shanton 8
Frederick Shanton 8
James Shanton 8
Walter Shanton 8
Louisa Shanton 7
Alice Shanton 6
Annie Shanton 6
Henry Shanton 6
Martha Shanton 6
Albert Shanton 5
Eliza Shanton 5
Emma Shanton 5
Frances Shanton 5

Shanton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shenton 86% 14,250
2 Shinton 86% 2,136
3 Shanton 100% 452

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The surname Shanton is the 3rd most popular variant of Shenton.

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