Austen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 24
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 12
Cornwall 34
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 47
Dorset 14
Durham 2
Essex 41
Gloucestershire 17
Hampshire 16
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 26
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 887
Lancashire 16
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 3
London 241
Middlesex 21
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 18
Northamptonshire 25
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 25
Somerset 5
Surrey 62
Sussex 92
Staffordshire 38
Warwickshire 10
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 16
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 12

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Austen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Austen family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 213
Agricultural Labourer 106
Farm Labourer 30
Labourer 27
At Home 24
Servant 24
House Servant 20
Laundress 15
Dress Maker 14
General Servant 12
Annuitant 10
Assistant 9
Farm Servant 8
Errand Boy 8
Carpenter 8
Gardener 8
Grocer 8
House Maid 7
Agricultural Labourer Wife 7
House Keeper 6
Wife 6
Bricklayer 6
Farmer 5
Sawyer 5
Scholar At Home 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Austen

Name Census Frequency
William Austen 1,108
Mary Austen 997
John Austen 790
George Austen 649
Elizabeth Austen 597
Sarah Austen 549
James Austen 477
Thomas Austen 473
Henry Austen 408
Ann Austen 345
Charles Austen 317
Edward Austen 273
Alice Austen 261
Jane Austen 255
Eliza Austen 247
Alfred Austen 243
Ellen Austen 243
Emily Austen 242
Frederick Austen 223
Annie Austen 194
Emma Austen 183
Robert Austen 169
Joseph Austen 165
Albert Austen 163
Edith Austen 162

Austen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Stone 33% 165,061
2 Austin 83% 100,559
3 Aston 67% 38,435
4 Easton 50% 21,426
5 Austen 100% 16,326
6 Seaton 33% 15,345
7 Auston 83% 6,723
8 Astin 67% 5,364
9 Steen 50% 2,907
10 Steane 33% 2,342
11 Stein 50% 1,956
12 Stain 33% 1,768
13 Stean 50% 1,384
14 Seton 33% 1,086
15 Euston 67% 1,019
16 Aiston 67% 892
17 Eston 50% 886
18 Easten 67% 879
19 Asten 83% 715
20 Oston 50% 541
21 Suton 50% 529
22 Stane 33% 476
23 Ston 50% 448
24 Ouston 67% 371
25 Souton 33% 365
26 Staine 17% 359
27 Stan 50% 351
28 Austine 71% 272
29 Saton 33% 268
30 Steene 33% 261
31 Souten 50% 138
32 Stoan 33% 129
33 Iseton 33% 126
34 Sten 67% 125
35 Eustone 57% 119
36 Osten 67% 113
37 Stine 33% 110

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The surname Austen is the 5th most popular variant of Stone.

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