Arches 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
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

Arches Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Arches family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Labourer 3
Female Servant 2
Carpenter 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Clerk Dealer 1
Fs 1
Governer 1
Shoe Maker 1
Army 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Arches

Name Census Frequency
William Arches 37
John Arches 24
Mary Arches 22
Elizabeth Arches 17
Joseph Arches 15
Thomas Arches 15
George Arches 13
Hannah Arches 13
Sarah Arches 11
James Arches 10
Emma Arches 9
Ann Arches 8
Frederick Arches 8
Margaret Arches 6
Alfred Arches 5
Edward Arches 5
Emily Arches 5
Florence Arches 5
Henry Arches 5
Herbert Arches 5
Jane Arches 5
Martha Arches 5
Richard Arches 5
Agnes Arches 4
Albert Arches 4

Arches Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Riches 67% 23,559
2 Arches 100% 426
3 Richs 50% 100

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The surname Arches is the 2nd most popular variant of Riches.

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