Chestney 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 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 43
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Chestney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chestney family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Labourer 4
Carpenter 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Farmer 1
Mariner 1
None 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Chestney

Name Census Frequency
William Chestney 65
Mary Chestney 55
James Chestney 47
John Chestney 46
Elizabeth Chestney 34
Robert Chestney 30
Sarah Chestney 26
George Chestney 24
Thomas Chestney 21
Ann Chestney 20
Alice Chestney 15
Matthew Chestney 15
Frances Chestney 11
Henry Chestney 11
Walter Chestney 11
Eliza Chestney 10
Hannah Chestney 10
Margaret Chestney 10
Charles Chestney 9
Samuel Chestney 9
Judith Chestney 8
Annie Chestney 7
Arthur Chestney 7
Emma Chestney 7
Florence Chestney 7

Chestney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Chastney 88% 1,148
2 Chestney 100% 784
3 Chasteney 78% 157

Did you know?

The surname Chestney is the 2nd most popular variant of Chastney.

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