Began 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 2
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 9
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 9
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

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

Began Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Began family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 11
Labourer 2
Worsted Mill Hand 2
Chelsea Pensioner 1
Cook 1
Cotton Piecer 1
Drawing Turner 1
Dyer 1
Costermonger 1
Laundry Work 1
Sack Maker 1
Boot Maker 1
Common Lodging House Keeper 1
Fish Hawker 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Began

Name Census Frequency
Mary Began 19
John Began 13
Catherine Began 12
Thomas Began 12
James Began 10
William Began 9
Michael Began 8
Patrick Began 7
Daniel Began 6
Elizabeth Began 6
Ellen Began 6
Ann Began 5
Peter Began 4
Sarah Began 4
Annie Began 3
Charlotte Began 3
George Began 3
Joseph Began 3
Walter Began 3
Alfred Began 2
Charles Began 2
Cornelius Began 2
Denis Began 2
Edith Began 2
Edward Began 2

Began Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bogan 80% 485
2 Began 100% 220
3 Beagan 83% 193
4 Bougen 50% 179
5 Bagan 80% 163
6 Beagen 67% 128

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The surname Began is the 2nd most popular variant of Bogan.

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