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 | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 30 |
| Berkshire | 181 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 |
| Channel Islands | 10 |
| Cheshire | 294 |
| Cornwall | 8 |
| Cumberland | 12 |
| Derbyshire | 293 |
| Devon | 245 |
| Dorset | 90 |
| Durham | 73 |
| Essex | 206 |
| Gloucestershire | 118 |
| Hampshire | 571 |
| Herefordshire | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 122 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 138 |
| Lancashire | 942 |
| Leicestershire | 47 |
| Lincolnshire | 85 |
| London | 806 |
| Middlesex | 233 |
| Northumberland | 11 |
| Norfolk | 76 |
| Northamptonshire | 20 |
| Nottinghamshire | 171 |
| Oxfordshire | 44 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
| Shropshire | 18 |
| Suffolk | 34 |
| Somerset | 81 |
| Surrey | 438 |
| Sussex | 264 |
| Staffordshire | 362 |
| Warwickshire | 205 |
| Westmorland | 7 |
| Wiltshire | 122 |
| Worcestershire | 99 |
| Yorkshire | 492 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 4 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 6 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 62 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 24 |
| Pembrokeshire | 6 |
| Radnorshire | 2 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,181 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 127 |
| General Labourer | 125 |
| Coal Miner | 94 |
| Domestic Servant | 71 |
| General Servant Domestic | 61 |
| Labourer | 60 |
| Dress Maker | 57 |
| Farmer | 41 |
| Carpenter | 39 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 38 |
| Living On Own Means | 37 |
| Laundress | 34 |
| Blacksmith | 32 |
| Gardener | 32 |
| Farm Labourer | 28 |
| Cotton Weaver | 28 |
| House Keeper | 23 |
| Grocer | 21 |
| General Servant | 21 |
| Errand Boy | 19 |
| Cotton Operative | 19 |
| Cotton Spinner | 19 |
| Brick Layer | 18 |
| Cook Domestic Servant | 17 |
| 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