Clafton 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 1
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 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 18

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

Clafton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Clafton family

Profession Census Frequency
Clothier 3
Cloth Maker 2
Female Servant 1
Labourer 1
Baker 1
Green Grocer 1
Blanket Weaver Journeyman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Clafton

Name Census Frequency
Mary Clafton 39
Sarah Clafton 37
John Clafton 32
George Clafton 26
William Clafton 24
Elizabeth Clafton 23
Joseph Clafton 15
James Clafton 12
Ellen Clafton 11
Ann Clafton 10
Annie Clafton 10
Charles Clafton 10
Martha Clafton 9
Alice Clafton 8
Emma Clafton 8
Ada Clafton 7
Edwin Clafton 7
Florence Clafton 7
Hannah Clafton 7
Thomas Clafton 7
Walter Clafton 7
Oliver Clafton 6
Edith Clafton 5
Frederick Clafton 5
Lily Clafton 5

Clafton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Clifton 86% 30,197
2 Clafton 100% 514
3 Clefton 86% 103

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The surname Clafton is the 2nd most popular variant of Clifton.

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