Agnew 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 17
Cheshire 8
Cornwall 12
Cumberland 16
Derbyshire 10
Devon 10
Dorset 4
Durham 27
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 15
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 4
Kent 2
Lancashire 148
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 73
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 14

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 10
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Agnew Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Agnew family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 56
Labourer 8
Fund Holder 6
House Servant 5
Butcher 4
House Keeper 4
Tailor 4
Coal Miner 3
Dividends 3
Laundress 3
Servant 3
Iron Monger 2
Puddler 2
Occupied In The Farm 2
Cotton Factory Worker 2
Dock Labourer 2
Errand Boy 2
Plasterer 2
Porter 2
Sawyer 2
Silk Winder 2
Spinner Of Cotton 2
Fund Holledbury Road 2
Lab 2
Millener 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Agnew

Name Census Frequency
Mary Agnew 360
John Agnew 251
William Agnew 242
James Agnew 213
Thomas Agnew 157
Elizabeth Agnew 156
Margaret Agnew 121
Robert Agnew 104
Jane Agnew 99
Sarah Agnew 90
George Agnew 85
Ann Agnew 75
Annie Agnew 70
Joseph Agnew 64
Alice Agnew 61
Catherine Agnew 56
Edward Agnew 54
Charles Agnew 53
Ellen Agnew 53
Samuel Agnew 51
Andrew Agnew 49
Eliza Agnew 44
Henry Agnew 41
Patrick Agnew 41
Hugh Agnew 40

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