Argus 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 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
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 1
Radnorshire 0

Argus Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Argus family

Profession Census Frequency
Blacksmith 1
Back Frame Tenter 1
Coal Miner Labourer 1
Miner Labourer 1
Spindle Forger 1
Char Woman 1
Engaged On Farm 1
Farmer 1
Farmers Wife 1
House Work 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Argus

Name Census Frequency
Mary Argus 15
William Argus 9
Emma Argus 8
John Argus 7
Ann Argus 4
Kate Argus 4
Thomas Argus 4
Charles Argus 3
Ellen Argus 3
Annie Argus 2
Benjamin Argus 2
Catherine Argus 2
David Argus 2
Duncan Argus 2
George Argus 2
Jane Argus 2
Julia Argus 2
Margaret Argus 2
Sarah Argus 2
Ada Argus 1
Alice Argus 1
Allon Argus 1
Arthur Argus 1
Barbara Argus 1
Bertie Argus 1

Argus Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Regis 40% 366
2 Roges 40% 314
3 Rogus 60% 214
4 Rogas 40% 129
5 Argus 100% 111

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The surname Argus is the 5th most popular variant of Regis.

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