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 0
Buckinghamshire 17
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 40
Cornwall 16
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 17
Devon 44
Dorset 0
Durham 17
Essex 57
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 72
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 30
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 10
Kent 667
Lancashire 104
Leicestershire 31
Lincolnshire 11
London 591
Middlesex 71
Northumberland 25
Norfolk 14
Northamptonshire 42
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 18
Rutland 0
Shropshire 12
Suffolk 13
Somerset 14
Surrey 24
Sussex 138
Staffordshire 54
Warwickshire 14
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 22
Yorkshire 67

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 8
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 36
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Austen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Austen family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 365
Agricultural Labourer 59
General Labourer 30
Living On Her Own Means 21
Domestic Servant 20
Dress Maker 19
Farm Labourer 18
Living On Own Means 15
Labourer 15
General Servant Domestic 13
General Servant 12
Brick Layer 10
Laundress 9
Gardener 9
Carpenter 9
Clerk 8
Carman 8
Cook 8
Farmer 8
Coal Miner 7
Char Woman 7
General Domestic Servant 6
Errand Boy 6
Cement Labourer 5
Charwoman 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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