Caven 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 7
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
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 3
Yorkshire 6

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

Caven Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Caven family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Gardener 2
Joiner 1
Joiner Apprentice 1
Sawyer 1
Cow Dealer 1
Male Servant 1
Cooper 1
Charwoman 1
Prisoner Glover 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Caven

Name Census Frequency
Mary Caven 80
William Caven 45
James Caven 41
John Caven 39
Robert Caven 38
Elizabeth Caven 28
George Caven 25
Jane Caven 22
Sarah Caven 21
Joseph Caven 19
Thomas Caven 19
Alexander Caven 16
Hannah Caven 16
Ann Caven 15
Edith Caven 15
Alice Caven 12
Ellen Caven 12
Margaret Caven 12
Charles Caven 9
Annie Caven 8
Emily Caven 8
Emma Caven 8
Agnes Caven 7
Ethel Caven 7
Janet Caven 7

Caven Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cavan 80% 915
2 Caven 100% 812
3 Cavin 80% 163
4 Cavana 67% 160
5 Caveen 83% 137
6 Coven 80% 101

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The surname Caven is the 2nd most popular variant of Cavan.

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