Arran 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 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 6
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 14

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

Arran Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Arran family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Gardner 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Ag Labourer 1
Agricultural Servant 1
Blacksmith 1
Factory Boy 1
Factory Girl 1
Gardener Lab 1
House Keeper 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Arran

Name Census Frequency
George Arran 26
Mary Arran 25
William Arran 19
John Arran 17
Sarah Arran 16
Martha Arran 14
Arthur Arran 11
Ann Arran 10
Elizabeth Arran 9
Alice Arran 8
Thomas Arran 8
Walter Arran 8
Annie Arran 7
Emma Arran 6
James Arran 6
Robert Arran 6
Albert Arran 5
Edith Arran 5
Ernest Arran 5
Henry Arran 5
Jane Arran 5
Fred Arran 4
Jesse Arran 4
Richard Arran 4
Ada Arran 3

Arran Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Aaron 60% 4,121
2 Orrin 60% 922
3 Aron 60% 688
4 Arron 80% 640
5 Arran 100% 365
6 Orren 60% 245
7 Urron 60% 162

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The surname Arran is the 5th most popular variant of Aaron.

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