Avant 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 8
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 23
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Avant Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Avant family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Cabinet Maker 3
General Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Organist & Tailor 1
Hotel Chambermaid 1
Carpenter 1
Hawker 1
Salesman Furnitures 1
Schoolmistress 1
Ware Houseman 1
Joiner 1
Living On Own Means 1
Nurse Domestic Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Avant

Name Census Frequency
Mary Avant 25
John Avant 24
Jane Avant 17
Thomas Avant 15
William Avant 15
George Avant 12
Joseph Avant 12
Emily Avant 11
Richard Avant 11
Elizabeth Avant 8
Emma Avant 8
Charlotte Avant 7
Louisa Avant 7
Robert Avant 7
Catherine Avant 6
Charles Avant 6
Amelia Avant 5
Ann Avant 5
Arthur Avant 5
Caroline Avant 5
Florence Avant 5
Sarah Avant 5
Sophia Avant 5
Alfred Avant 4
Frederick Avant 4

Avant Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Avent 80% 2,182
2 Vant 80% 1,634
3 Vint 60% 1,309
4 Evant 80% 448
5 Avant 100% 326
6 Vent 60% 295
7 Viant 60% 264
8 Vont 60% 143
9 Event 60% 134

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The surname Avant is the 5th most popular variant of Avent.

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