Actison 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 4
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
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 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 8

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Actison Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Actison family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Handloom Weaver 1
Shoe Maker 1
Hawker 1
Painter 1
Woollen Slubber 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Actison

Name Census Frequency
William Actison 31
George Actison 21
Elizabeth Actison 20
Mary Actison 20
Thomas Actison 19
Sarah Actison 18
John Actison 16
James Actison 12
Margaret Actison 12
Edward Actison 9
Henry Actison 8
Jane Actison 8
Joseph Actison 8
Ann Actison 7
Emma Actison 7
Alice Actison 6
Annie Actison 6
Frederick Actison 6
Samuel Actison 6
Ellen Actison 5
Walter Actison 5
Alexander Actison 4
Arthur Actison 4
Francis Actison 4
Harriet Actison 4

Actison Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Actison 100% 429
2 Acteson 86% 123
3 Cotson 57% 119
4 Catson 57% 109

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The surname Actison is the most popular version of all its varients

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