Chambers Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Chambers Name Meaning: Occupational name for someone who was employed under his master within their private living quaters,rather than public halls.

The name represents a plural form of anglo-norman 'Cha(u)mbre''chamber', 'room' & has similar connotations with 'chamberlain'. This term was later reserved for more humble servants of the bedchamber as it rose in the social scale.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 67
Brecknockshire 8
Cambridgeshire 110
Channel Islands 17
Cheshire 52
Carmarthenshire 2
Cornwall 12
Cumberland 140
Derbyshire 210
Denbighshire 16
Devon 123
Dorset 35
Durham 233
Essex 60
Flintshire 14
Glamorgan 7
Gloucestershire 108
Hampshire 212
Herefordshire 63
Hertfordshire 89
Hunts and Rutland 84
Kent 541
Lancashire 458
Leicestershire 131
Lincolnshire 495
London 1,018
Middlesex 51
Monmouthshire 21
Northumberland 222
Norfolk 197
Northamptonshire 287
Nottinghamshire 399
Oxfordshire 8
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 10
Shropshire 34
Suffolk 186
Somerset 101
Surrey 68
Sussex 106
Staffordshire 222
Warwickshire 373
Westmorland 19
Wiltshire 40
Worcestershire 132
Yorkshire 737
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0

Chambers Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chambers family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 371
Female Servant 280
Independent 219
Labourer 150
Farmer 125
Male Servant 109
Shoe Maker 61
Coal Miner 48
Tailor 36
Dress Maker 30
Carpenter 30
Pupil 27
Weaver 24
Lace Maker 23
Clerk 23
Blacksmith 23
Servant 23
Apprentice 20
Pauper 19
Gardener 18
Independant 18
Frame Work Knitter 18
Mariner 17
Butcher 17
Smith 17

Most Frequent Forenames for Chambers

Name Census Frequency
William Chambers 6,966
Mary Chambers 6,917
John Chambers 6,553
Elizabeth Chambers 4,255
Thomas Chambers 4,012
George Chambers 3,964
Sarah Chambers 3,755
James Chambers 2,842
Ann Chambers 2,471
Charles Chambers 2,170
Henry Chambers 1,893
Jane Chambers 1,819
Joseph Chambers 1,808
Robert Chambers 1,801
Eliza Chambers 1,441
Annie Chambers 1,435
Ellen Chambers 1,403
Emma Chambers 1,403
Alice Chambers 1,348
Margaret Chambers 1,237
Frederick Chambers 1,202
Hannah Chambers 1,179
Edward Chambers 1,117
Arthur Chambers 1,053
Alfred Chambers 1,043

Chambers Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Chambers 100% 108,598
2 Chembers 88% 148

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