Chant 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 16
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 20
Dorset 108
Durham 0
Essex 6
Gloucestershire 17
Hampshire 68
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 10
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 9
Lancashire 29
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 20
London 162
Middlesex 12
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 20
Suffolk 3
Somerset 361
Surrey 36
Sussex 51
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 13
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 39
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 6

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Chant Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chant family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 192
Agricultural Labourer 61
Glover 61
Labourer 21
Domestic Servant 14
Laundress 11
General Servant 11
Servant 10
Dress Maker 7
Gardener 5
Silk Worker 5
Mason 5
Annuitant 5
General Servant Domestic 5
Assistant 4
Tailor 4
Carpenter 4
Grocer 4
Machinist 4
Ag Labourer 4
Agricultural Laboures Son 4
Dealers Daur 4
Shepherd 4
Thatcher 4
General Labourer 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Chant

Name Census Frequency
William Chant 548
Mary Chant 519
John Chant 442
George Chant 417
Sarah Chant 332
Elizabeth Chant 321
James Chant 294
Thomas Chant 264
Henry Chant 246
Charles Chant 214
Jane Chant 204
Emma Chant 179
Ann Chant 176
Eliza Chant 172
Joseph Chant 164
Ellen Chant 151
Martha Chant 141
Robert Chant 126
Frederick Chant 125
Annie Chant 115
Louisa Chant 112
Edward Chant 107
Emily Chant 104
Alice Chant 96
Susan Chant 96

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