Swordes 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 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Swordes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Swordes family

Profession Census Frequency
Card Hand 2
Pupil 2
Labourer 1
Farmer 1
Maltster 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Independent 1
Police Constable 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Swordes

Name Census Frequency
George Swordes 16
John Swordes 16
Mary Swordes 11
Thomas Swordes 10
Ellen Swordes 9
William Swordes 9
Charles Swordes 7
Alice Swordes 6
Elizabeth Swordes 6
Henry Swordes 5
Annie Swordes 4
Edith Swordes 4
Edward Swordes 4
Fanny Swordes 4
Herbert Swordes 4
Joseph Swordes 4
Sarah Swordes 4
Arthur Swordes 3
Catherine Swordes 3
Clara Swordes 3
Frances Swordes 3
Frank Swordes 3
Margaret Swordes 3
James Swordes 2
Lavina Swordes 2

Swordes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sewards 57% 1,332
2 Swords 86% 606
3 Swordes 100% 217

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The surname Swordes is the 3rd most popular variant of Sewards.

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