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 21
Buckinghamshire 20
Berkshire 49
Cambridgeshire 11
Channel Islands 11
Cheshire 172
Cornwall 14
Cumberland 228
Derbyshire 27
Devon 31
Dorset 26
Durham 1,328
Essex 151
Gloucestershire 53
Hampshire 141
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 29
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 3
Kent 138
Lancashire 912
Leicestershire 25
Lincolnshire 105
London 795
Middlesex 207
Northumberland 1,154
Norfolk 34
Northamptonshire 24
Nottinghamshire 34
Oxfordshire 25
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 12
Suffolk 27
Somerset 49
Surrey 172
Sussex 76
Staffordshire 40
Warwickshire 55
Westmorland 125
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 67
Yorkshire 1,169

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 4
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 9
Carmarthenshire 15
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 3
Glamorgan 106
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 5
Monmouthshire 27
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Allan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Allan family

Profession Census Frequency
School 719
Private Means 72
Coal Miner Hewer 69
Labourer 44
Domestic Servant 40
Clerk 39
Farmer 38
General Labourer 36
None 35
Farm Labourer 32
At School 31
General Servant (domestic) 30
Dressmaker 28
Housekeeper 26
Joiner 25
At Home 24
General Servant Domestic 24
Cotton Weaver 23
House Painter 20
Dock Labourer 17
House Keeper 17
Domestic 16
Hawker 15
No Occupation 15
Scholar 15

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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