Darkes 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 5
Devon 11
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
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 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
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

Darkes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Darkes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
General Labourer 1
Iron Moulder 1
Iron Moulder Journeyman 1
Servant 1
Tailor 1
Carpenter 1
Domestic Servant 1
Warehouse Man 1
Waterman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Darkes

Name Census Frequency
Mary Darkes 41
William Darkes 35
Sarah Darkes 21
Elizabeth Darkes 19
Charles Darkes 16
John Darkes 16
Thomas Darkes 14
Emily Darkes 13
George Darkes 13
Jane Darkes 12
Joseph Darkes 12
James Darkes 11
Ann Darkes 10
Frederick Darkes 10
Henry Darkes 10
Emma Darkes 9
Albert Darkes 8
Richard Darkes 8
Samuel Darkes 8
Arthur Darkes 7
Annie Darkes 6
Edward Darkes 6
Kate Darkes 6
Ada Darkes 5
Alice Darkes 5

Darkes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Drakes 67% 1,780
2 Darks 83% 614
3 Darkes 100% 472
4 Dorks 67% 211
5 Draks 50% 189

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The surname Darkes is the 3rd most popular variant of Drakes.

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