Stokes Name Meaning: This is a variant of 'Stoke',stoke being a habitational name from a number of places within England named 'Stoke'.
Seems to have originally meant 'place',used more for an 'outlying Hamlet' or 'settlement'. Anglo-Saxon origin.
Discover how your Stokes ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 60 |
| Berkshire | 93 |
| Cambridgeshire | 72 |
| Channel Islands | 30 |
| Cheshire | 213 |
| Cornwall | 13 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 151 |
| Devon | 180 |
| Dorset | 125 |
| Durham | 190 |
| Essex | 367 |
| Gloucestershire | 277 |
| Hampshire | 205 |
| Herefordshire | 67 |
| Hertfordshire | 79 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 173 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 437 |
| Lancashire | 530 |
| Leicestershire | 175 |
| Lincolnshire | 214 |
| London | 1,629 |
| Middlesex | 292 |
| Northumberland | 135 |
| Norfolk | 40 |
| Northamptonshire | 225 |
| Nottinghamshire | 305 |
| Oxfordshire | 33 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 173 |
| Shropshire | 285 |
| Suffolk | 54 |
| Somerset | 337 |
| Surrey | 145 |
| Sussex | 70 |
| Staffordshire | 1,471 |
| Warwickshire | 1,037 |
| Westmorland | 6 |
| Wiltshire | 319 |
| Worcestershire | 523 |
| Yorkshire | 538 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 17 |
| Cardiganshire | 1 |
| Carnarvonshire | 5 |
| Carmarthenshire | 14 |
| Denbighshire | 41 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 201 |
| Merionethshire | 7 |
| Montgomeryshire | 8 |
| Monmouthshire | 109 |
| Pembrokeshire | 26 |
| Radnorshire | 14 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,936 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 205 |
| Coal Miner | 162 |
| General Labourer | 143 |
| Domestic Servant | 92 |
| Dress Maker | 90 |
| Living On Own Means | 87 |
| Labourer | 74 |
| General Servant | 66 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 61 |
| Farm Labourer | 60 |
| General Servant Domestic | 60 |
| Laundress | 58 |
| Farmer | 55 |
| Clerk | 53 |
| Carpenter | 41 |
| Farm Servant | 35 |
| House Keeper | 32 |
| Blacksmith | 31 |
| Carter | 31 |
| Gardener | 31 |
| Tailor | 29 |
| Butcher | 29 |
| General Domestic Servant | 28 |
| Tailoress | 27 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Stokes | 5,710 |
| Mary Stokes | 5,240 |
| John Stokes | 4,650 |
| Elizabeth Stokes | 3,569 |
| George Stokes | 3,302 |
| Sarah Stokes | 3,197 |
| Thomas Stokes | 2,970 |
| James Stokes | 2,587 |
| Henry Stokes | 2,012 |
| Charles Stokes | 1,883 |
| Ann Stokes | 1,790 |
| Joseph Stokes | 1,515 |
| Eliza Stokes | 1,383 |
| Emma Stokes | 1,358 |
| Jane Stokes | 1,290 |
| Ellen Stokes | 1,168 |
| Annie Stokes | 1,167 |
| Samuel Stokes | 1,164 |
| Alice Stokes | 1,143 |
| Edward Stokes | 1,120 |
| Frederick Stokes | 1,078 |
| Arthur Stokes | 975 |
| Alfred Stokes | 958 |
| Emily Stokes | 902 |
| Hannah Stokes | 840 |