Yemm 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 9
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 72
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
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 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Yemm Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Yemm family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 8
Collier 3
Coal Miner 2
Haulier 2
Mason 2
Cabinett Maker 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Quarry Man 1
Stone Cutter 1
Stone Mason 1
Widow Independent 1
Female Servant 1
Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Yemm

Name Census Frequency
William Yemm 73
John Yemm 62
Mary Yemm 58
Thomas Yemm 52
Elizabeth Yemm 46
James Yemm 32
Sarah Yemm 30
George Yemm 27
Charles Yemm 23
Eliza Yemm 21
Emma Yemm 16
Albert Yemm 15
Alice Yemm 15
Emily Yemm 15
Arthur Yemm 13
Henry Yemm 13
Jane Yemm 13
Stephen Yemm 13
Annie Yemm 12
Robert Yemm 12
Ann Yemm 11
Richard Yemm 10
Lucy Yemm 9
Margaret Yemm 9
Martha Yemm 9

Yemm Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Yemm 100% 1,017
2 Yem 75% 358

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