Spences 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
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

Spences Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Spences family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural 1
House Servant 1
Accountant 1
Cow Keeper 1
Retired General 1
Solicitor 1
Wife Of ? 1
Servant 1
Farmers Daur 1
Landed Proprietor And Occupier Of 250 Acres Employi 1
General Servant 1
Semstress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Spences

Name Census Frequency
Mary Spences 36
John Spences 27
William Spences 24
Elizabeth Spences 16
George Spences 16
James Spences 15
Annie Spences 11
Sarah Spences 11
Harry Spences 10
Thomas Spences 10
Alice Spences 9
Joseph Spences 8
Richard Spences 8
Emma Spences 7
Edward Spences 6
Florence Spences 6
Albert Spences 5
Ann Spences 5
Charles Spences 5
Frederick Spences 5
Jane Spences 5
Margaret Spences 5
Samuel Spences 5
Hannah Spences 4
Henry Spences 4

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