Socket 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 8

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 4
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Socket Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Socket family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner Hewer 2
Iron Fitter 1
Coal Hewer 1
Pony Driver Colliery 1
Coal Miner Loader Coal Hewer 1
Waggoner On Farm (agricultural Horse) 1
House Maid Domestic 1
Colliery Surface Labourer 1
Dressmaker's Apprentice 1
General (domestic) 1
Iron Puddler 1
Wood Turner 1
Lead Miner Underground 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Socket

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Socket 13
Jane Socket 10
Mary Socket 9
William Socket 9
Edward Socket 8
Emma Socket 8
John Socket 8
Robert Socket 7
Benjamin Socket 5
Ellen Socket 5
James Socket 5
Margaret Socket 5
Sarah Socket 5
Annie Socket 4
Elizabeth Socket 4
Emily Socket 4
George Socket 4
Henry Socket 4
Joseph Socket 4
Charles Socket 3
Eliza Socket 3
Moses Socket 3
Samuel Socket 3
Abraham Socket 2
Eli Socket 2

Socket Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sockett 86% 1,457
2 Socket 100% 178

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The surname Socket is the 2nd most popular variant of Sockett.

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