Street Name Meaning: From Old English 'straet' meaning Roman road & given to someone from one of the various places in Kent, Hertfordshire & Somerset
In the Middle Ages the word became known to denote a main street in a town or village & the name was given to someone who lived on a main street
Discover how your Street ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 200 |
| Buckinghamshire | 35 |
| Berkshire | 170 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 |
| Channel Islands | 3 |
| Cheshire | 283 |
| Cornwall | 14 |
| Cumberland | 1 |
| Derbyshire | 278 |
| Devon | 203 |
| Dorset | 114 |
| Durham | 44 |
| Essex | 90 |
| Gloucestershire | 89 |
| Hampshire | 444 |
| Herefordshire | 7 |
| Hertfordshire | 66 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 125 |
| Lancashire | 664 |
| Leicestershire | 31 |
| Lincolnshire | 48 |
| London | 703 |
| Middlesex | 104 |
| Northumberland | 24 |
| Norfolk | 32 |
| Northamptonshire | 3 |
| Nottinghamshire | 151 |
| Oxfordshire | 64 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 40 |
| Suffolk | 68 |
| Somerset | 96 |
| Surrey | 323 |
| Sussex | 196 |
| Staffordshire | 195 |
| Warwickshire | 178 |
| Westmorland | 5 |
| Wiltshire | 154 |
| Worcestershire | 76 |
| Yorkshire | 378 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 3 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 23 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 1 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 3 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,027 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 185 |
| Labourer | 97 |
| Coal Miner | 61 |
| Domestic Servant | 59 |
| Dress Maker | 54 |
| General Servant | 47 |
| Straw Plaiter | 45 |
| Laundress | 42 |
| Carpenter | 39 |
| Servant | 34 |
| House Keeper | 30 |
| Blacksmith | 29 |
| Cotton Weaver | 25 |
| Farm Labourer | 24 |
| Gardener | 23 |
| Brick Layer | 20 |
| Carter | 20 |
| Cook | 20 |
| Ag Labourer | 16 |
| Annuitant | 16 |
| Farm Servant | 16 |
| Painter | 16 |
| Charwoman | 15 |
| Grocer | 15 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Street | 3,252 |
| Mary Street | 3,043 |
| John Street | 2,540 |
| George Street | 1,966 |
| Elizabeth Street | 1,947 |
| Sarah Street | 1,858 |
| James Street | 1,825 |
| Thomas Street | 1,545 |
| Charles Street | 1,149 |
| Henry Street | 1,103 |
| Ann Street | 1,073 |
| Joseph Street | 887 |
| Jane Street | 816 |
| Samuel Street | 770 |
| Eliza Street | 736 |
| Ellen Street | 733 |
| Emma Street | 716 |
| Annie Street | 711 |
| Emily Street | 668 |
| Alice Street | 665 |
| Frederick Street | 609 |
| Edward Street | 608 |
| Arthur Street | 594 |
| Alfred Street | 572 |
| Hannah Street | 562 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Street | 100% | 51,472 |
| 2 | Stuart | 50% | 24,455 |
| 3 | Start | 50% | 7,266 |
| 4 | Sturt | 50% | 4,412 |
| 5 | Streat | 83% | 1,534 |
| 6 | Strout | 67% | 651 |
| 7 | Strut | 67% | 443 |
| 8 | Stort | 50% | 259 |
| 9 | Steart | 50% | 229 |
| 10 | Strait | 67% | 219 |
| 11 | Strat | 67% | 175 |
| 12 | Starte | 50% | 145 |
| 13 | Steuart | 43% | 142 |
| 14 | Streett | 86% | 131 |
| 15 | Strett | 83% | 125 |
| 16 | Streete | 86% | 116 |
| 17 | Stert | 67% | 114 |
The surname Street is the most popular version of all its varients