Balfe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 3
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Balfe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Balfe family

Profession Census Frequency
Silk Weaver 2
Watch Maker Master 1
Chelsea Pensioner 1
Cotton Reeler 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Gentleman 1
Scholar 1
Shoe Maker 1
Musical Composer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Balfe

Name Census Frequency
Mary Balfe 34
John Balfe 26
James Balfe 16
Jane Balfe 16
Margaret Balfe 15
Michael Balfe 15
Elizabeth Balfe 12
Annie Balfe 11
Francis Balfe 10
Edward Balfe 9
Catherine Balfe 7
George Balfe 5
Gertrude Balfe 5
Richard Balfe 5
Thomas Balfe 5
Anne Balfe 4
Harry Balfe 4
Henry Balfe 4
William Balfe 4
Alice Balfe 3
Ann Balfe 3
Christopher Balfe 3
Ellen Balfe 3
Emma Balfe 3
Eva Balfe 3

Balfe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Balfe 100% 310
2 Bolfe 80% 257

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The surname Balfe is the most popular version of all its varients

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