Alex 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 2
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Alex Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Alex family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
General Servant 2
Coal Miner 1
Charwoman 1
Chemist Assistant 1
Dentist 1
Flyman 1
Farm Labourer 1
Cook 1
Dressmaker 1
General Dealer 1
Labourer 1
Laundress 1
Shipwright 1
Draper's Widow 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Alex

Name Census Frequency
William Alex 12
Mary Alex 10
Elizabeth Alex 7
Edward Alex 6
George Alex 5
Montague Alex 5
Emily Alex 4
Henry Alex 4
John Alex 4
Sarah Alex 4
Sophia Alex 4
Anne Alex 3
Catherine Alex 3
Leah Alex 3
Thomas Alex 3
Albert Alex 2
Alex Alex 2
Alexander Alex 2
Angel Alex 2
Ann Alex 2
Belinda Alex 2
Caroline Alex 2
Desire Alex 2
Edith Alex 2
Eliza Alex 2

Alex Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lax 50% 3,775
2 Lox 50% 280
3 Eleox 60% 209
4 Alex 100% 165
5 Lux 50% 165
6 Lex 75% 151
7 Allex 80% 107

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The surname Alex is the 4th most popular variant of Lax.

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