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 6
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 17
Cheshire 23
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 33
Derbyshire 2
Devon 9
Dorset 3
Durham 45
Essex 13
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 11
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 16
Kent 12
Lancashire 185
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 7
London 42
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 19
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 2
Somerset 3
Surrey 4
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 9
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 32

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 14
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Agnew Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Agnew family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 111
Annuitant 10
Labourer 8
Dress Maker 7
General Labourer 6
General Servant 5
Nil 5
Coal Miner 5
Tailor 4
Engine Driver 4
Puddler 4
Milliner 3
Mariner 3
Painter 3
Hawker 2
Print Seller Office 2
Servant At House 2
Silk Winder 2
Stone Mason 2
Undergradurate Student 2
Cook Domestic 2
Charwoman 2
House Keeper 2
Infant 2
Draper 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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