Award 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 3
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 8

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

Award Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Award family

Profession Census Frequency
General Servant Domestic 1
Cook Domestic 1
Scholar 1
Farm Servant 1
House Maid 1
Plate Layer 1
Stone Mason 1
Iron Moulder 1
Plumber 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Award

Name Census Frequency
Mary Award 11
Thomas Award 7
James Award 5
Annie Award 4
Elizabeth Award 4
George Award 4
John Award 4
Richard Award 4
Alice Award 3
Charles Award 3
Alfred Award 2
Ann Award 2
Clara Award 2
Hannah Award 2
Joseph Award 2
Kathleen Award 2
Margaret Award 2
Samuel Award 2
Sarah Award 2
William Award 2
Abram Award 1
Albert Award 1
Arthur Award 1
Barbara Award 1
Charlotte Award 1

Award Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ward 80% 471,018
2 Word 60% 7,581
3 Warde 60% 3,273
4 Wride 20% 1,818
5 Eward 80% 155
6 Wrede 20% 103
7 Award 100% 102
8 Weard 60% 100

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The surname Award is the 7th most popular variant of Ward.

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