Davenport Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 26
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 1,514
Cornwall 9
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 258
Devon 31
Dorset 22
Durham 33
Essex 98
Gloucestershire 45
Hampshire 57
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 34
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 11
Isle of Man 2
Kent 80
Lancashire 3,180
Leicestershire 139
Lincolnshire 51
London 435
Middlesex 88
Northumberland 17
Norfolk 9
Northamptonshire 26
Nottinghamshire 164
Oxfordshire 25
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 11
Shropshire 111
Suffolk 11
Somerset 12
Surrey 67
Sussex 45
Staffordshire 880
Warwickshire 371
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 250
Yorkshire 266

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 12
Cardiganshire 3
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 11
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 59
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 22
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 8

Davenport Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Davenport family

Profession Census Frequency
School 844
Cotton Weaver 53
Private Means 52
Coal Miner Hewer 50
None 48
Farmer 45
Labourer 41
At Home 38
Farm Labourer 34
Weaver 34
General Labourer 33
Carter 33
Housekeeper 28
Scholar 27
Clerk 26
Dressmaker 26
House Keeper 26
General Servant (domestic) 25
At School 24
Assisting In Business 23
Domestic Servant 23
Bricklayer 23
Assisting In The Business 21
House Painter 20
Warehouseman 18

Most Frequent Forenames for Davenport

Name Census Frequency
Mary Davenport 2,728
John Davenport 2,427
William Davenport 2,231
James Davenport 1,671
Thomas Davenport 1,633
Elizabeth Davenport 1,611
Sarah Davenport 1,590
George Davenport 1,010
Ann Davenport 903
Joseph Davenport 902
Charles Davenport 728
Alice Davenport 709
Henry Davenport 688
Samuel Davenport 673
Annie Davenport 672
Jane Davenport 664
Hannah Davenport 598
Martha Davenport 527
Ellen Davenport 522
Emma Davenport 476
Eliza Davenport 432
Margaret Davenport 389
Edward Davenport 378
Robert Davenport 356
Arthur Davenport 346

Davenport Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Davenport 100% 39,050
2 Devonport 78% 7,156
3 Devenport 89% 5,650
4 Davonport 89% 516
5 Deavenport 90% 418
6 Deavonport 80% 162
7 Devanport 78% 142
8 Dovenport 89% 128

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The surname Davenport is the most popular version of all its varients

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