Valentine Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 97
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 13
Cambridgeshire 7
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 50
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 30
Derbyshire 63
Devon 62
Dorset 5
Durham 48
Essex 278
Gloucestershire 30
Hampshire 29
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 60
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 103
Lancashire 1,410
Leicestershire 30
Lincolnshire 1
London 601
Middlesex 168
Northumberland 54
Norfolk 46
Northamptonshire 219
Nottinghamshire 11
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 2
Somerset 97
Surrey 80
Sussex 32
Staffordshire 43
Warwickshire 32
Westmorland 9
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 32
Yorkshire 128

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 172
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 17
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Valentine Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Valentine family

Profession Census Frequency
School 410
Private Means 26
Labourer 25
Coal Miner Hewer 24
Cotton Weaver 23
Dressmaker 22
General Servant (domestic) 22
Farm Labourer 19
Clerk 19
General Labourer 17
Coal Miner (hewer) 15
Housekeeper 15
Assisting In The Business 14
None 14
At School 14
Scholar 13
Butcher 12
At Home 11
Dress Maker 11
General Servant Domestic 11
Domestic Servant 10
House Painter 10
Assisting In Business 10
Farmer 10
No Occupation 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Valentine

Name Census Frequency
William Valentine 1,344
John Valentine 1,303
Mary Valentine 1,206
Elizabeth Valentine 921
Thomas Valentine 822
Sarah Valentine 767
James Valentine 738
Ann Valentine 548
George Valentine 536
Joseph Valentine 491
Henry Valentine 427
Jane Valentine 417
Alice Valentine 375
Ellen Valentine 350
Charles Valentine 317
Margaret Valentine 301
Robert Valentine 261
Emma Valentine 232
Eliza Valentine 229
Frederick Valentine 226
Martha Valentine 218
Edward Valentine 212
Richard Valentine 211
Annie Valentine 210
Emily Valentine 203

Valentine Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Valentine 100% 20,763
2 Vallentine 90% 870
3 Valantine 89% 788
4 Valintine 89% 170
5 Valentin 89% 122

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The surname Valentine is the most popular version of all its varients

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