Hamilton Name Meaning: A habitational name from the elements hamil 'treeless hill' + tun 'settlement','treeless hill town'.
The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin.In 1220 Hamilton in Leicestershire was recorded as Hameldon' & the first recorded spelling of the name is that of 'Wauter Fiz Gilbert De Hamildone',dated 1296.
Discover how your Hamilton ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 10 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 3 |
Channel Islands | 21 |
Cheshire | 104 |
Cornwall | 30 |
Cumberland | 185 |
Derbyshire | 36 |
Devon | 41 |
Dorset | 20 |
Durham | 159 |
Essex | 26 |
Gloucestershire | 74 |
Hampshire | 47 |
Herefordshire | 2 |
Hertfordshire | 25 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
Isle of Man | 10 |
Kent | 79 |
Lancashire | 529 |
Leicestershire | 0 |
Lincolnshire | 62 |
London | 781 |
Middlesex | 35 |
Northumberland | 129 |
Norfolk | 27 |
Northamptonshire | 0 |
Nottinghamshire | 7 |
Oxfordshire | 20 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
Shropshire | 10 |
Suffolk | 7 |
Somerset | 46 |
Surrey | 34 |
Sussex | 49 |
Staffordshire | 55 |
Warwickshire | 11 |
Westmorland | 9 |
Wiltshire | 5 |
Worcestershire | 17 |
Yorkshire | 249 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 1 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 3 |
Denbighshire | 3 |
Flintshire | 2 |
Glamorgan | 1 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 0 |
Pembrokeshire | 2 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Independent | 190 |
Female Servant | 91 |
Labourer | 56 |
Agricultural Labourer | 37 |
Shoe Maker | 31 |
Weaver | 28 |
Farmer | 21 |
Tailor | 20 |
Male Servant | 19 |
Dress Maker | 18 |
Mariner | 15 |
Clerk | 14 |
Servant | 13 |
Merchant | 10 |
Painter | 10 |
Cotton Weaver | 10 |
Gardener | 9 |
Army | 9 |
Apprentice | 9 |
Cabinet Maker | 9 |
Pupil | 9 |
Joiner | 8 |
Independant | 8 |
Ag Labourer | 7 |
Coal Miner | 7 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Hamilton | 3,772 |
John Hamilton | 3,702 |
William Hamilton | 3,372 |
James Hamilton | 2,503 |
Elizabeth Hamilton | 1,980 |
Thomas Hamilton | 1,641 |
George Hamilton | 1,607 |
Robert Hamilton | 1,452 |
Sarah Hamilton | 1,352 |
Jane Hamilton | 1,277 |
Margaret Hamilton | 1,207 |
Charles Hamilton | 1,054 |
Henry Hamilton | 927 |
Ann Hamilton | 921 |
Eliza Hamilton | 709 |
Ellen Hamilton | 707 |
Alice Hamilton | 705 |
Annie Hamilton | 684 |
Joseph Hamilton | 671 |
Edward Hamilton | 554 |
Catherine Hamilton | 528 |
Emily Hamilton | 484 |
Frederick Hamilton | 483 |
Emma Hamilton | 467 |
Richard Hamilton | 449 |