Askam 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 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 4
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 6
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 53

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

Askam Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Askam family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 11
At Home 8
Employed At Home 6
Farmers Daur 3
Farmers Son 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Farmers Wife 2
Pauper 2
Scissor Smith 2
House Servant 1
Mariner 1
Waterman 1
Carter 1
Farm Labourer 1
Farm Servant 1
Farmer 1
Farmer Of 100 Acres 1
Farmer Of 15 Acres 1
Farmer Of 16 Acres Land 1
Farmer Of 18 Arcs 1
Former Wife 1
Stuff Dyer 1
Woollen Spinner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Askam

Name Census Frequency
Mary Askam 52
William Askam 30
John Askam 26
Charles Askam 23
Elizabeth Askam 23
Hannah Askam 22
Robert Askam 22
James Askam 19
George Askam 18
Thomas Askam 17
Ann Askam 15
Sarah Askam 13
Arthur Askam 12
Emma Askam 12
Jane Askam 12
Ada Askam 9
Harriet Askam 9
Joseph Askam 9
Alice Askam 8
Emily Askam 8
Samuel Askam 8
Susannah Askam 7
Catherine Askam 5
Charlotte Askam 5
David Askam 5

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