Hargreaves Name Meaning: An Old English name thought to have derived from a word meaning 'grey' or 'hare', 'thicket' or 'grove'.
A locational name which may have been taken from a place name or been given to someone of lived in a 'thicket' or 'grove'.
Discover how your Hargreaves 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 | 2 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 2 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 80 |
Cornwall | 3 |
Cumberland | 2 |
Derbyshire | 14 |
Devon | 1 |
Dorset | 3 |
Durham | 0 |
Essex | 0 |
Gloucestershire | 0 |
Hampshire | 1 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 0 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
Isle of Man | 1 |
Kent | 12 |
Lancashire | 3,449 |
Leicestershire | 1 |
Lincolnshire | 6 |
London | 9 |
Middlesex | 0 |
Northumberland | 1 |
Norfolk | 0 |
Northamptonshire | 2 |
Nottinghamshire | 3 |
Oxfordshire | 9 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
Shropshire | 7 |
Suffolk | 1 |
Somerset | 0 |
Surrey | 1 |
Sussex | 3 |
Staffordshire | 137 |
Warwickshire | 3 |
Westmorland | 19 |
Wiltshire | 0 |
Worcestershire | 0 |
Yorkshire | 1,790 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 2 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 1 |
Monmouthshire | 0 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Weaver | 227 |
Cotton Weaver | 177 |
Labourer | 94 |
Farmer | 85 |
Female Servant | 82 |
Independent | 76 |
Coal Miner | 52 |
Agricultural Labourer | 49 |
Wool Comber | 42 |
Worsted Weaver | 36 |
Cotton Spinner | 31 |
Male Servant | 27 |
Dress Maker | 25 |
Stone Mason | 25 |
Shoe Maker | 24 |
Clothier | 23 |
Power Loom Weaver | 22 |
Cotton Piecer | 21 |
Joiner | 21 |
Woollen Weaver | 20 |
Blacksmith | 18 |
Carter | 18 |
Mechanic | 17 |
Independant | 16 |
Weaver Cotton | 14 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Hargreaves | 5,762 |
John Hargreaves | 5,520 |
James Hargreaves | 3,983 |
William Hargreaves | 3,859 |
Elizabeth Hargreaves | 3,385 |
Sarah Hargreaves | 2,924 |
Thomas Hargreaves | 2,819 |
George Hargreaves | 1,872 |
Ann Hargreaves | 1,832 |
Alice Hargreaves | 1,764 |
Jane Hargreaves | 1,759 |
Joseph Hargreaves | 1,671 |
Henry Hargreaves | 1,586 |
Margaret Hargreaves | 1,479 |
Ellen Hargreaves | 1,377 |
Robert Hargreaves | 1,360 |
Richard Hargreaves | 1,163 |
Hannah Hargreaves | 1,137 |
Martha Hargreaves | 1,038 |
Annie Hargreaves | 991 |
Emma Hargreaves | 711 |
Samuel Hargreaves | 628 |
Charles Hargreaves | 608 |
Eliza Hargreaves | 603 |
Harry Hargreaves | 569 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Hargreaves | 100% | 77,269 |
2 | Hargraves | 90% | 12,781 |
3 | Hargreves | 90% | 1,121 |
4 | Heargreaves | 91% | 350 |
5 | Hargroves | 80% | 265 |
The surname Hargreaves is the most popular version of all its varients