Childes 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 1
Middlesex 6
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 7
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
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

Childes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Childes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Servant Cook 1
Daily Work 1
Labourer 1
Agricultural Servant 1
Journeyman Tailor 1
Waggoner 1
Farming Bailiff 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Childes

Name Census Frequency
John Childes 38
Mary Childes 35
William Childes 31
James Childes 23
Thomas Childes 23
Elizabeth Childes 18
George Childes 14
Joseph Childes 14
Ann Childes 10
Emily Childes 9
Richard Childes 9
Caroline Childes 8
Eliza Childes 8
Robert Childes 8
Sarah Childes 8
Alice Childes 7
Charles Childes 7
Jane Childes 7
Emma Childes 6
Annie Childes 5
Charlotte Childes 5
Edith Childes 5
Harriet Childes 5
Amy Childes 4
Samuel Childes 4

Childes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Childs 86% 38,579
2 Childes 100% 430

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The surname Childes is the 2nd most popular variant of Childs.

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