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 | 193 |
Buckinghamshire | 39 |
Berkshire | 206 |
Cambridgeshire | 12 |
Channel Islands | 8 |
Cheshire | 441 |
Cornwall | 8 |
Cumberland | 3 |
Derbyshire | 340 |
Devon | 311 |
Dorset | 99 |
Durham | 90 |
Essex | 428 |
Gloucestershire | 128 |
Hampshire | 823 |
Herefordshire | 1 |
Hertfordshire | 130 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 10 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 160 |
Lancashire | 1,164 |
Leicestershire | 92 |
Lincolnshire | 71 |
London | 1,102 |
Middlesex | 404 |
Northumberland | 15 |
Norfolk | 32 |
Northamptonshire | 43 |
Nottinghamshire | 268 |
Oxfordshire | 59 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 10 |
Shropshire | 34 |
Suffolk | 43 |
Somerset | 133 |
Surrey | 581 |
Sussex | 317 |
Staffordshire | 522 |
Warwickshire | 263 |
Westmorland | 1 |
Wiltshire | 190 |
Worcestershire | 175 |
Yorkshire | 662 |
Anglesey | 1 |
Brecknockshire | 2 |
Cardiganshire | 3 |
Carnarvonshire | 6 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 3 |
Glamorgan | 120 |
Merionethshire | 1 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 33 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 1 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
School | 976 |
General Labourer | 85 |
Farm Labourer | 78 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 73 |
General Servant (domestic) | 70 |
Labourer | 62 |
Private Means | 61 |
Bricklayer | 48 |
Dressmaker | 45 |
At Home | 42 |
Domestic Servant | 37 |
At School | 35 |
Clerk | 35 |
None | 32 |
House Painter | 31 |
Laundress | 30 |
Gardener (domestic) | 29 |
Carpenter | 29 |
Cook (domestic) | 28 |
Dress Maker | 28 |
Errand Boy | 28 |
Shop Assistant | 28 |
Farmer | 26 |
Carman | 25 |
Gardener Domestic | 24 |
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 |
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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