Bath Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Bath Name Meaning: Habitational from the city of Bath in England.May have also been an occupational name for an attendant at a public bath house.

The city of Bath holds the site of the magnificent,but in the middle ages 'ruined' Roman Baths. The first recorded spelling is that of John de Bathe,dated 1213.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Bath Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bath family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 592
Agricultural Labourer 58
General Labourer 52
Coal Miner 47
Domestic Servant 41
Dress Maker 35
Labourer 33
Living On Own Means 33
Living On Her Own Means 28
General Servant 27
General Servant Domestic 26
Farmer 25
Laundress 22
Clerk 20
Farm Labourer 18
Cotton Weaver 17
Blacksmith 13
Cook Domestic Servant 13
House Keeper 11
Tin Miner 11
Carter 10
Carpenter 10
Shoe Maker 10
Painter 10
Apprentice 9

Bath Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Booth 60% 211,259
2 Bath 100% 20,424
3 Bathe 80% 3,366
4 Batho 80% 1,713
5 Beath 80% 1,439
6 Boothe 50% 1,093
7 Both 75% 682
8 Beth 75% 670
9 Bathie 67% 545
10 Buth 75% 528
11 Beathe 67% 499
12 Boath 80% 290
13 Beith 60% 191
14 Bouth 60% 162
15 Batha 80% 155
16 Beeth 60% 142

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The surname Bath is the 2nd most popular variant of Booth.

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