Working 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 5
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

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 3

Working Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Working family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Brass Worker 1
Joiner 1
Cow Keeper Agricultural Labourer 1
Green Grocer 1
Architect 1
Cook Domestic Servant 1
Domestic Servant (out Of Employ) 1
Boot Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Working

Name Census Frequency
William Working 20
John Working 11
Elizabeth Working 10
James Working 10
Mary Working 8
Sarah Working 8
Thomas Working 8
Eliza Working 5
Henry Working 5
Charlotte Working 4
Walter Working 4
Albert Working 3
Charles Working 3
Emma Working 3
Florence Working 3
Joseph Working 3
Maria Working 3
Rose Working 3
Emily Working 2
Enoch Working 2
Fanny Working 2
Frances Working 2
Frederick Working 2
George Working 2
Hannah Working 2

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