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 12
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 14
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 20
Dorset 5
Durham 18
Essex 56
Gloucestershire 6
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 33
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1,088
Lancashire 53
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 8
London 409
Middlesex 77
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 17
Suffolk 7
Somerset 21
Surrey 105
Sussex 193
Staffordshire 17
Warwickshire 22
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 20
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 65

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 11
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Austen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Austen family

Profession Census Frequency
School 220
Farm Labourer 48
Private Means 42
General Labourer 19
General Servant (domestic) 16
Clerk 14
Labourer 14
Domestic Servant 13
None 13
Dressmaker 12
At Home 11
Bricklayer 11
Carpenter 10
Shop Assistant 10
Laundress 10
Farmer 9
Gardener Domestic 9
Cook (domestic) 8
Housemaid (domestic) 8
Drapers Assistant 7
Dress Maker 7
Cook Domestic 6
General Servant 6
House Painter 6
Milliner 6

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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