Hirst Name Meaning: Taken from the Anglo-Saxon word 'hyrst' meaning 'wooded hill' or 'thicket'.
A name given to someone who lived near or in a thicket or wood.
Discover how your Hirst ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 1 |
Buckinghamshire | 0 |
Berkshire | 3 |
Cambridgeshire | 1 |
Channel Islands | 2 |
Cheshire | 69 |
Cornwall | 3 |
Cumberland | 16 |
Derbyshire | 92 |
Devon | 11 |
Dorset | 7 |
Durham | 165 |
Essex | 32 |
Gloucestershire | 19 |
Hampshire | 48 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 6 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
Isle of Man | 8 |
Kent | 23 |
Lancashire | 1,188 |
Leicestershire | 32 |
Lincolnshire | 64 |
London | 194 |
Middlesex | 43 |
Northumberland | 44 |
Norfolk | 5 |
Northamptonshire | 8 |
Nottinghamshire | 111 |
Oxfordshire | 0 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
Shropshire | 1 |
Suffolk | 19 |
Somerset | 4 |
Surrey | 21 |
Sussex | 7 |
Staffordshire | 43 |
Warwickshire | 73 |
Westmorland | 2 |
Wiltshire | 2 |
Worcestershire | 19 |
Yorkshire | 7,826 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 3 |
Carnarvonshire | 6 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 7 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 24 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Woollen Weaver | 181 |
Cotton Weaver | 154 |
Living On Own Means | 122 |
Farmer | 77 |
Dress Maker | 70 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 66 |
Scholar | 60 |
General Labourer | 57 |
Worsted Spinner | 42 |
Coal Miner | 39 |
Stone Mason | 33 |
Woollen Spinner | 30 |
Tailoress | 29 |
Worsted Weaver | 29 |
Cotton Spinner | 28 |
Woollen Piecer | 28 |
Joiner | 25 |
Cloth Finisher | 25 |
Cotton Piecer | 25 |
Cotton Card Room Hand | 24 |
General Servant Domestic | 24 |
Cotton Winder | 22 |
Woollen Cloth Weaver | 21 |
Publican | 19 |
House Keeper | 18 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Hirst | 4,875 |
John Hirst | 4,022 |
William Hirst | 2,933 |
Sarah Hirst | 2,846 |
George Hirst | 2,327 |
Elizabeth Hirst | 2,275 |
Joseph Hirst | 1,866 |
Thomas Hirst | 1,774 |
James Hirst | 1,762 |
Hannah Hirst | 1,640 |
Ann Hirst | 1,579 |
Annie Hirst | 1,127 |
Henry Hirst | 1,067 |
Martha Hirst | 1,066 |
Jane Hirst | 1,055 |
Emma Hirst | 1,031 |
Charles Hirst | 1,024 |
Alice Hirst | 898 |
Ellen Hirst | 811 |
Arthur Hirst | 716 |
Eliza Hirst | 697 |
Samuel Hirst | 601 |
Harry Hirst | 573 |
Fred Hirst | 566 |
Emily Hirst | 562 |