Allan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 14
Buckinghamshire 19
Berkshire 47
Cambridgeshire 15
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 120
Cornwall 23
Cumberland 167
Derbyshire 27
Devon 66
Dorset 5
Durham 1,065
Essex 133
Gloucestershire 59
Hampshire 159
Herefordshire 10
Hertfordshire 32
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 2
Kent 142
Lancashire 862
Leicestershire 38
Lincolnshire 74
London 936
Middlesex 174
Northumberland 988
Norfolk 68
Northamptonshire 36
Nottinghamshire 78
Oxfordshire 33
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 13
Suffolk 26
Somerset 26
Surrey 139
Sussex 51
Staffordshire 92
Warwickshire 107
Westmorland 110
Wiltshire 19
Worcestershire 75
Yorkshire 1,131

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 6
Carnarvonshire 11
Carmarthenshire 16
Denbighshire 6
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 57
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 46
Pembrokeshire 9
Radnorshire 0

Allan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Allan family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 94
General Labourer 89
General Servant Domestic 44
Dress Maker 43
Scholar 43
Coal Miner Hewer 42
Cook Domestic 36
Farmer 32
Domestic Servant 23
Laundress Wash 20
Dressmaker 19
House Painter 18
Housemaid Domestic 18
Cotton Weaver 16
Joiner Carpenter 15
Coal Hewer 15
Railway Porter 15
At School 15
House Keeper Domestic 13
House Maid Domestic 13
Servant Domestic 13
Tailor 13
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 13
School 13
Coal Miner C Hewer 13

Most Frequent Forenames for Allan

Name Census Frequency
William Allan 2,660
John Allan 2,587
Mary Allan 2,460
Elizabeth Allan 1,642
James Allan 1,586
George Allan 1,445
Thomas Allan 1,372
Sarah Allan 1,055
Margaret Allan 1,005
Robert Allan 962
Jane Allan 944
Ann Allan 726
Annie Allan 576
Charles Allan 549
Joseph Allan 549
Isabella Allan 461
Alice Allan 456
Ellen Allan 454
Henry Allan 426
Richard Allan 372
Alexander Allan 345
Edward Allan 328
Hannah Allan 327
Eliza Allan 326
David Allan 301

Allan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Allen 80% 422,866
2 Allan 100% 38,712
3 Ellen 60% 14,608
4 Allin 80% 7,055
5 Ellin 60% 1,822
6 Allon 80% 1,655
7 Ellan 80% 514
8 Lilian 50% 319
9 Lelean 50% 279
10 Alan 80% 262
11 Ellon 60% 251
12 Ellion 50% 224
13 Lelen 40% 146
14 Allain 83% 139
15 Lealan 50% 139
16 Ollen 60% 114
17 Ollin 60% 109

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The surname Allan is the 2nd most popular variant of Allen.

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