Targent 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 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
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

Targent Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Targent family

Profession Census Frequency
Carriage Groom Domestic 1
Pleaton Down (croft) 1
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 1
Mantle Cutter 1
Groom Not Domestic 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Railway Porter Signal Man 1
Farmer 1
Teacher School 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Targent

Name Census Frequency
William Targent 11
Elizabeth Targent 8
George Targent 8
John Targent 8
Ann Targent 6
Emma Targent 6
Charles Targent 5
James Targent 5
Mary Targent 5
Sarah Targent 5
Arthur Targent 4
Ellen Targent 4
Edward Targent 3
Eliza Targent 3
Emily Targent 3
Frederick Targent 3
Jane Targent 3
Daniel Targent 2
Fanny Targent 2
Frances Targent 2
Harriet Targent 2
Kate Targent 2
Mathew Targent 2
Richard Targent 2
Thomas Targent 2

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