Alan 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 5
Essex 8
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 0
London 11
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

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

Alan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Alan family

Profession Census Frequency
Stocking Maker 3
Shoe Maker 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Female Servant 2
Male Servant 2
Coal Miner 1
Hatter J 1
Farmer 1
Green Grocer 1
Ag Labourer 1
Apprentice 1
Publican 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Alan

Name Census Frequency
John Alan 23
William Alan 22
Mary Alan 17
Thomas Alan 12
Jane Alan 9
Sarah Alan 9
Elizabeth Alan 8
Richard Alan 8
James Alan 7
Ann Alan 6
Eliza Alan 6
George Alan 6
Emily Alan 4
Henry Alan 4
Joseph Alan 4
Mark Alan 4
Alfred Alan 3
Alice Alan 3
Anne Alan 3
Frederick Alan 3
Samuel Alan 3
Alan Alan 2
Amy Alan 2
Annie Alan 2
Bridget Alan 2

Alan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lane 50% 150,628
2 Allan 80% 38,712
3 Line 25% 10,706
4 Lean 50% 9,447
5 Lone 25% 3,303
6 Laine 40% 2,034
7 Leon 25% 1,929
8 Lion 25% 1,602
9 Alen 75% 1,362
10 Luin 25% 1,332
11 Lain 50% 1,310
12 Elen 50% 1,072
13 Loan 50% 631
14 Lan 75% 472
15 Elan 75% 466
16 Luna 25% 376
17 Loon 25% 351
18 Lune 25% 342
19 Leane 40% 327
20 Loane 40% 276
21 Laan 50% 272
22 Loone 20% 265
23 Alan 100% 262
24 Leen 25% 256
25 Leno 25% 215
26 Lonie 20% 207
27 Len 50% 200
28 Luen 25% 163
29 Lun 50% 159
30 Lon 50% 146
31 Leone 20% 144
32 Elin 50% 132
33 Laun 50% 131
34 Lene 25% 120

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The surname Alan is the 23rd most popular variant of Lane.

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