Beds 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 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 4
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 1
London 13
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

Beds Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beds family

Profession Census Frequency
Dressmaker 1
Electrical Machinist 1
Hairdresser 1
Instrument Maker (electrical) 1
Machinist Metal Turner 1
School 1
General Labourer 1
Labourer (first) 1
Trawe Work Britter (hosiery) 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Beds

Name Census Frequency
William Beds 16
Jane Beds 14
Mary Beds 11
Emily Beds 9
Elizabeth Beds 8
George Beds 7
John Beds 7
Thomas Beds 7
Benjamin Beds 6
Sarah Beds 6
Stephen Beds 6
Charles Beds 5
Frederick Beds 5
Henry Beds 5
Hannah Beds 4
Ann Beds 3
Edith Beds 3
Edward Beds 3
Emma Beds 3
Florence Beds 3
Frances Beds 3
Percy Beds 3
Samuel Beds 3
Walter Beds 3
James Beds 2

Beds Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bedds 80% 222
2 Beds 100% 206
3 Bades 60% 139
4 Beeds 80% 104

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The surname Beds is the 2nd most popular variant of Bedds.

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