Sudden Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Sudden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sudden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Labourer At Lead Works 1
Commercial Clerk 1
Engineman 1
Midwife 1
Railway Engine Driver 1
Formerly Labourer Wife 1
Labourer 1
Labourer Ryde 1
Labourer Wife 1
Laundress 1
Clerk 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Pattern Maker 1
Servant Domestic 1
Silk Weaver 1
Tailor 1
Brush Maker 1
Ribbon Blocher 1
Watch Finisher 1
Cooper 1
Dray Man 1
Tobacconist 1
Warehouse Man 1
Woollen Weaver 1

Sudden Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Seddon 67% 32,677
2 Siddon 67% 1,981
3 Sedden 83% 1,200
4 Sidden 83% 449
5 Seadden 71% 347
6 Saddon 67% 316
7 Sudden 100% 229
8 Seaddon 57% 129
9 Suddon 83% 125
10 Sadden 83% 117

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The surname Sudden is the 7th most popular variant of Seddon.

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