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 | 4 |
Berkshire | 1 |
Cambridgeshire | 3 |
Channel Islands | 10 |
Cheshire | 83 |
Cornwall | 4 |
Cumberland | 8 |
Derbyshire | 120 |
Devon | 18 |
Dorset | 11 |
Durham | 169 |
Essex | 73 |
Gloucestershire | 22 |
Hampshire | 60 |
Herefordshire | 1 |
Hertfordshire | 7 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
Isle of Man | 4 |
Kent | 45 |
Lancashire | 1,758 |
Leicestershire | 59 |
Lincolnshire | 73 |
London | 287 |
Middlesex | 92 |
Northumberland | 82 |
Norfolk | 4 |
Northamptonshire | 5 |
Nottinghamshire | 141 |
Oxfordshire | 5 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
Shropshire | 1 |
Suffolk | 19 |
Somerset | 23 |
Surrey | 28 |
Sussex | 31 |
Staffordshire | 78 |
Warwickshire | 102 |
Westmorland | 6 |
Wiltshire | 3 |
Worcestershire | 29 |
Yorkshire | 8,671 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 4 |
Carnarvonshire | 10 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 3 |
Flintshire | 1 |
Glamorgan | 22 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 25 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 1,037 |
Cotton Weaver | 152 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 125 |
Weaver | 123 |
Private Means | 82 |
Farmer | 61 |
Woollen Weaver | 58 |
None | 52 |
At Home | 45 |
General Labourer | 40 |
Labourer | 40 |
Dressmaker | 36 |
Cloth Weaver | 31 |
Clerk | 30 |
House Keeper | 30 |
Housekeeper | 28 |
School Boy | 27 |
Charwoman | 25 |
Coal Miner (hewer) | 24 |
Home | 24 |
Joiner | 24 |
Shop Assistant | 24 |
Farm Labourer | 23 |
Weaver Woollen | 23 |
Woolen Weaver | 23 |
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 |