Chives 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 13
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Chives Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chives family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Agricultural Labourer 4
General Servant 2
Coal Labourer 2
Laundress 2
Carter Ag Lab 1
Iron Miner 1
Carter 1
Cook Domestic Servant 1
Retired Leathenant 1
Sewer Contractors Labourer 1
Parachial Relief 1
Man Servant 1
Farm Balleff 1
Journeyman Carpenter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Chives

Name Census Frequency
William Chives 22
George Chives 21
Charles Chives 18
Elizabeth Chives 14
Henry Chives 12
Jane Chives 11
Mary Chives 11
Sarah Chives 11
Thomas Chives 8
Albert Chives 6
Hannah Chives 6
James Chives 5
Joseph Chives 5
Agnes Chives 4
Alice Chives 4
Ann Chives 4
Charlotte Chives 4
Fanny Chives 4
John Chives 4
Annie Chives 3
Emma Chives 3
Louisa Chives 3
Martha Chives 3
Rebecca Chives 3
Richard Chives 3

Chives Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Chevis 67% 334
2 Chives 100% 280

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The surname Chives is the 2nd most popular variant of Chevis.

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