Arms Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Arms Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Arms family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 13
Female Servant 9
Independent 9
Labourer 6
Ag Labourer 5
Male Servant 3
Lace Maker 2
Boatmaker 2
Dress Maker 2
Navy Pensioner 2
Needle Woman 2
Journeyman Miner 2
Independant 2
Silk Throwter 2
None 2
Ship Wright Journeyman 1
Gardener 1
Governess 1
Laborer 1
Lighterman Journeyman 1
Messenger 1
Soldier 1
Silk Stocking Maker 1
House Keeper 1
Keeper 1

Arms Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Armes 80% 4,365
2 Arms 100% 1,993
3 Rimes 40% 1,585
4 Ormes 60% 1,480
5 Rooms 40% 1,047
6 Ramus 40% 545
7 Orms 75% 315
8 Roomes 33% 266
9 Rames 40% 247
10 Orams 60% 220
11 Reams 40% 186
12 Rams 50% 184
13 Reames 33% 175
14 Remes 40% 114

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The surname Arms is the 2nd most popular variant of Armes.

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