Ames 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 1
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 22
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 21
Devon 3
Dorset 41
Durham 13
Essex 74
Gloucestershire 24
Hampshire 86
Herefordshire 13
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 133
Lancashire 66
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 16
London 488
Middlesex 33
Northumberland 25
Norfolk 231
Northamptonshire 10
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland 0
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 40
Somerset 75
Surrey 24
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 51
Warwickshire 53
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 9
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 46

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 52
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 12
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 18
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Ames Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ames family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 290
Agricultural Labourer 20
Domestic Servant 18
Laundress 17
Dress Maker 17
Living On Her Own Means 15
General Labourer 14
Tailoress 12
Farmer 12
Labourer 12
General Servant Domestic 11
Clerk 11
Coal Miner 11
Living On Own Means 10
Carpenter 10
Carman 9
General Servant 7
Bricklayer 7
Shoe Maker 6
Blacksmith 6
Painter 5
Hawker 5
Tailor 5
Brick Layer 5
Railway Porter 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Ames

Name Census Frequency
Mary Ames 676
William Ames 675
John Ames 583
Elizabeth Ames 518
Sarah Ames 459
Thomas Ames 410
George Ames 402
James Ames 327
Henry Ames 285
Charles Ames 270
Edward Ames 246
Ann Ames 243
Frederick Ames 241
Joseph Ames 236
Eliza Ames 232
Ellen Ames 210
Alice Ames 202
Emma Ames 201
Robert Ames 187
Jane Ames 173
Arthur Ames 160
Alfred Ames 154
Annie Ames 148
Emily Ames 145
Albert Ames 127

Ames Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Amos 75% 32,097
2 Eames 80% 13,407
3 Ames 100% 13,248
4 Amies 80% 3,465
5 Mees 50% 2,873
6 Amis 75% 2,445
7 Mose 25% 2,338
8 Mouse 20% 1,707
9 Meese 40% 1,591
10 Muse 25% 1,525
11 Emes 75% 1,288
12 Amess 80% 1,136
13 Mase 25% 1,027
14 Maas 25% 748
15 Moose 20% 670
16 Moise 20% 624
17 Moase 20% 435
18 Mais 25% 357
19 Mease 40% 312
20 Amas 75% 289
21 Moos 25% 280
22 Ams 75% 260
23 Iams 50% 243
24 Imes 75% 190
25 Aimes 80% 176
26 Aymes 80% 157
27 Omes 75% 157
28 Eams 50% 147
29 Aims 50% 142
30 Meas 50% 122
31 Ems 50% 121
32 Mas 50% 117
33 Aamos 60% 116
34 Mouis 20% 111
35 Moes 50% 102

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The surname Ames is the 3rd most popular variant of Amos.

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