Arah 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 8
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 16

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

Arah Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Arah family

Profession Census Frequency
Copper Miner 1
Tin Miner 1
House Keeper 1
Farm Servant 1
Housemaid 1
Shoe Closer 1
Puddler 1
Beer Seller 1
Butcher 1
Corn Miller 1
Corn Salesman 1
General Servant 1
Scholar 1
Servant 1
Woolen Clerk 1
Woolen Salesman 1
Woolen Warehouseman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Arah

Name Census Frequency
William Arah 18
John Arah 16
Mary Arah 15
Joseph Arah 11
Jane Arah 10
Elizabeth Arah 8
James Arah 8
Robert Arah 8
Ann Arah 7
Annie Arah 6
Emma Arah 6
George Arah 6
Henry Arah 6
Sarah Arah 6
Anne Arah 5
Edward Arah 5
Hannah Arah 5
Richard Arah 5
Thomas Arah 5
Maria Arah 4
Charles Arah 3
Eliza Arah 3
Frank Arah 3
Frederick Arah 3
Samuel Arah 3

Arah Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Reah 50% 1,329
2 Arah 100% 227
3 Rhea 0% 203
4 Rehoe 20% 110
5 Rahe 50% 104

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The surname Arah is the 2nd most popular variant of Reah.

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