Cont 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 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
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 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Cont Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cont family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Draper Assistant 1
Stone Mason 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Finisher Hat 1
General Domestic Servant 1
Servant 1
Errand Boy 1
Grocer Assistant 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cont

Name Census Frequency
Mary Cont 15
William Cont 12
James Cont 9
Ann Cont 7
Thomas Cont 7
Elizabeth Cont 6
Eliza Cont 4
Henry Cont 4
John Cont 4
Joseph Cont 4
Sarah Cont 4
Hannah Cont 3
Richard Cont 3
Catherine Cont 2
Charles Cont 2
Harriet Cont 2
Lucy Cont 2
Margaret Cont 2
Alice Cont 1
Amos Cont 1
Rose Cont 1
Samuel Cont 1
Susan Cont 1
Willie Cont 1
Wm Cont 1

Cont Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cant 75% 9,023
2 Caunt 60% 5,167
3 Count 80% 1,605
4 Conte 80% 153
5 Cante 60% 121
6 Cont 100% 121

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The surname Cont is the 6th most popular variant of Cant.

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