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 6
Berkshire 12
Cambridgeshire 15
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 20
Essex 88
Gloucestershire 129
Hampshire 13
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 25
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 10
London 208
Middlesex 49
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 251
Northamptonshire 10
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 87
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 58
Somerset 14
Surrey 61
Sussex 10
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 20
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 18
Yorkshire 75

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 19
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 17
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Alden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Alden family

Profession Census Frequency
School 109
General Servant (domestic) 9
Private Means 8
At School 7
General Servant Domestic 7
Scholar 7
General Labourer 7
Cook (domestic) 6
Butcher 6
Shop Assistant 5
Carpenter 5
Nil 5
Boot Maker 5
Boot Machinist 4
House Painter 4
House Wife 4
Silk Weaver 4
Tailoress 4
Domestic Servant 4
Clerk 4
School Boy 4
Labourer General 4
General Servant 3
Labourer 3
Old Age Pensioner 3

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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