Dearns 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 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

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

Dearns Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dearns family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Cooper 2
Independent 2
Plumber 1
Clerk 1
Brazier 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Wire Drawer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dearns

Name Census Frequency
William Dearns 24
Mary Dearns 23
Sarah Dearns 22
Elizabeth Dearns 18
John Dearns 16
James Dearns 13
Thomas Dearns 13
Ann Dearns 10
Henry Dearns 9
Charles Dearns 8
George Dearns 8
Jane Dearns 8
Edward Dearns 7
Joseph Dearns 7
Alfred Dearns 6
Alice Dearns 6
Annie Dearns 6
Edmund Dearns 6
Lucy Dearns 6
Daniel Dearns 5
Ellen Dearns 5
Frances Dearns 5
Robert Dearns 5
Margaret Dearns 4
Richard Dearns 4

Dearns Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Darnes 67% 508
2 Dorans 50% 475
3 Dearns 100% 388
4 Dearnes 86% 199
5 Durns 67% 183
6 Darns 83% 123

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The surname Dearns is the 3rd most popular variant of Darnes.

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