Sward 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 4
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 8
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 4
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
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

Sward Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sward family

Profession Census Frequency
J Mason 2
Cooper 2
Farmer 2
Female Servant 2
Yeoman 1
Grocer 1
Tanner 1
Mariner 1
Dress Maker 1
Weaver 1
Clerk 1
Mason 1
Milliner Journeyman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sward

Name Census Frequency
Mary Sward 34
Elizabeth Sward 26
John Sward 25
Thomas Sward 19
William Sward 17
James Sward 14
Sarah Sward 13
Charles Sward 11
Ann Sward 10
Frederick Sward 10
Robert Sward 10
George Sward 9
Emma Sward 8
Margaret Sward 8
Henry Sward 7
Alfred Sward 6
Edward Sward 6
Emily Sward 6
Jane Sward 6
Lucy Sward 6
Alexander Sward 5
Alice Sward 5
Annie Sward 5
Catherine Sward 5
Kate Sward 4

Sward Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Seward 83% 12,479
2 Seaward 71% 4,359
3 Saward 83% 3,737
4 Sword 80% 1,696
5 Soward 83% 1,231
6 Sward 100% 403

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The surname Sward is the 6th most popular variant of Seward.

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