Alder Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 10
Buckinghamshire 33
Berkshire 366
Cambridgeshire 12
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 6
Derbyshire 4
Devon 5
Dorset 2
Durham 237
Essex 121
Gloucestershire 252
Hampshire 127
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 12
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 6
Kent 53
Lancashire 81
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 12
London 457
Middlesex 173
Northumberland 200
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 126
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 60
Surrey 157
Sussex 28
Staffordshire 20
Warwickshire 95
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 65
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 73

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 54
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 18
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Alder Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Alder family

Profession Census Frequency
School 286
Farm Labourer 30
General Labourer 26
Private Means 23
General Servant (domestic) 19
None 19
Laundress 12
At Home 12
Labourer 12
Dressmaker 12
Gardener Domestic 12
Scholar 11
Old Age Pensioner 10
Domestic Servant 10
Farmer 10
Gardener (domestic) 10
Cowman On Farm 10
Cook 9
General Servant Domestic 8
School Boy 8
At School 7
Errand Boy 7
Assisting In Business 6
Carman 6
Domestic 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Alder

Name Census Frequency
William Alder 1,086
Mary Alder 932
John Alder 794
Elizabeth Alder 716
George Alder 670
Thomas Alder 578
James Alder 467
Sarah Alder 450
Charles Alder 441
Ann Alder 367
Jane Alder 367
Henry Alder 334
Frederick Alder 288
Joseph Alder 263
Robert Alder 247
Eliza Alder 233
Alice Alder 223
Annie Alder 221
Edward Alder 217
Emily Alder 215
Emma Alder 204
Ellen Alder 202
Margaret Alder 190
Alfred Alder 179
Hannah Alder 167

Alder Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Alder 100% 16,494
2 Loader 50% 12,013
3 Leader 50% 10,986
4 Elder 80% 6,671
5 Leeder 50% 4,837
6 Loder 60% 4,463
7 Older 80% 2,582
8 Lauder 67% 2,225
9 Allder 83% 1,179
10 Ludor 40% 358
11 Lader 60% 332
12 Louder 50% 294
13 Laider 67% 206
14 Leder 60% 201
15 Leider 50% 171
16 Luder 60% 165

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

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