Chess 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 4
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Chess Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chess family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
General Servant 1
Fisher Man 1
Labourer 1
Blacksmith 1
Mason Labourer 1
Charwoman 1
Cook 1
Stone Mason 1
House Painter 1
Ni 1
Draper 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Charlotte Pensioner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Chess

Name Census Frequency
Mary Chess 17
Hannah Chess 14
William Chess 14
Ann Chess 12
George Chess 11
John Chess 11
Maria Chess 11
Frank Chess 8
Gertrude Chess 7
Sarah Chess 7
Thomas Chess 7
Edith Chess 6
Elizabeth Chess 6
Fanny Chess 6
Caroline Chess 5
James Chess 5
Alfred Chess 4
Eliza Chess 4
Ellen Chess 4
Charles Chess 3
Emily Chess 3
Emma Chess 3
Frederick Chess 3
Rachel Chess 3
Harriet Chess 2

Chess Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Chess 100% 249
2 Chees 80% 138

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The surname Chess is the most popular version of all its varients

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