Card Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 16
Buckinghamshire 12
Berkshire 12
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 5
Devon 25
Dorset 48
Durham 28
Essex 181
Gloucestershire 41
Hampshire 61
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 389
Lancashire 62
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 2
London 410
Middlesex 95
Northumberland 16
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 52
Somerset 116
Surrey 220
Sussex 290
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 18
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 74
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 54

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 142
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 34
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Card Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Card family

Profession Census Frequency
School 260
General Servant (domestic) 30
Farm Labourer 28
General Labourer 20
Dressmaker 16
Bricklayer 15
None 14
Carpenter 12
House Painter 11
Domestic Servant 10
Gardener Domestic 10
Labourer 10
Housemaid (domestic) 8
Private Means 8
Coal Porter 7
General Servant Domestic 7
Laundress 7
Carman 6
Charwoman 6
Labourer General 6
Police Constable 6
Shop Assistant 6
Blacksmith 5
Cook Domestic 5
Joiner 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Card

Name Census Frequency
William Card 1,005
Mary Card 822
George Card 639
John Card 584
Elizabeth Card 537
Henry Card 438
Sarah Card 430
Thomas Card 406
James Card 347
Charles Card 308
Ellen Card 268
Ann Card 251
Edward Card 236
Eliza Card 235
Jane Card 220
Alice Card 195
Annie Card 191
Emily Card 190
Emma Card 185
Alfred Card 184
Frederick Card 174
Albert Card 163
Joseph Card 149
Harriet Card 141
Richard Card 135

Card Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Card 100% 14,368
2 Creed 40% 12,190
3 Curd 75% 5,685
4 Croad 40% 2,089
5 Caird 80% 1,092
6 Cord 75% 952
7 Croud 40% 700
8 Coard 80% 571
9 Acred 40% 421
10 Caradie 57% 197
11 Carde 80% 194
12 Crud 50% 193
13 Cread 40% 170
14 Acrid 40% 162
15 Crude 40% 137
16 Cardoe 67% 127
17 Cardo 80% 121

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