Bums 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 4
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
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

Bums Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bums family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 2
Ship Carpenter 1
Blacksmith 1
Retired Col E J S 1
Private 1
Cotton Speed Tenter 1
House Maid 1
House Servant 1
Lab 1
Servant 1
Hawker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bums

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bums 24
James Bums 21
John Bums 18
William Bums 17
Catherine Bums 14
Elizabeth Bums 13
Thomas Bums 13
Margaret Bums 10
Ann Bums 8
Edward Bums 7
Sarah Bums 7
Patrick Bums 6
Ellen Bums 5
Hugh Bums 5
Peter Bums 5
Agnes Bums 4
Alice Bums 3
Charlotte Bums 3
Hannah Bums 3
Jane Bums 3
Kate Bums 3
Michael Bums 3
Robert Bums 3
Ada Bums 2
Annie Bums 2

Bums Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bames 60% 2,565
2 Beams 60% 2,266
3 Beames 50% 1,950
4 Bums 100% 302
5 Bams 75% 161
6 Bims 75% 137
7 Bomes 60% 114

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The surname Bums is the 4th most popular variant of Bames.

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