Alden 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 1
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 15
Essex 21
Gloucestershire 94
Hampshire 34
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 15
Lancashire 13
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 170
Middlesex 11
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 197
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 37
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 40
Somerset 0
Surrey 23
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 15
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 53

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Alden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Alden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 195
Agricultural Labourer 22
General Servant 9
Dress Maker 8
Domestic Servant 8
Labourer 8
General Labourer 6
Laundress 6
Carpenter 4
Picture Mounter Card Maker 4
Tailor 4
School 4
House Keeper 4
Boot Clicker 3
Bricklayer 3
Charwoman 3
Licensed Victualler 3
Police Constable 3
Pupil Teacher 3
House Maid 3
Tailoress 3
General Hanlier 3
Unemployed 2
Baker Assistant 2
Blacksmith Labourer 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Alden

Name Census Frequency
William Alden 461
Mary Alden 347
John Alden 308
Elizabeth Alden 237
James Alden 222
George Alden 193
Sarah Alden 189
Henry Alden 184
Thomas Alden 161
Charles Alden 126
Ellen Alden 124
Ann Alden 114
Frederick Alden 113
Eliza Alden 104
Arthur Alden 101
Emily Alden 96
Emma Alden 93
Alice Alden 92
Annie Alden 92
Jane Alden 80
Edward Alden 79
Robert Alden 78
Alfred Alden 70
Charlotte Alden 66
Louisa Alden 66

Alden Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Alden 100% 6,558
2 Olden 80% 2,154
3 Eldon 60% 1,806
4 Elden 80% 1,709
5 Allden 83% 1,663
6 Ealden 83% 485
7 Leeden 50% 383
8 Loden 60% 364
9 Aldon 80% 337
10 Laden 60% 336
11 Loudon 33% 336
12 Eldin 60% 320
13 Louden 50% 299
14 Aldin 80% 250
15 Leadon 33% 222
16 Leedon 33% 156
17 Leaden 50% 147
18 Luden 60% 132

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

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