Delve 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 4
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 166
Dorset 6
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 7
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 20
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 14
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Delve Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Delve family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 48
Agricultural Labourer 15
Blacksmith 4
Carter 4
Dairy Man's Son 4
Dress Maker 4
House Servant 4
Laundress 4
Mason 4
Labourer 3
Joiner 3
House Keeper 2
Carpenter 2
Dairy Man's Daughter 2
Domestic Servant 2
Farmer's Son 2
Farmers Son 2
General Servant 2
Glover 2
House Maid 2
Mason App 2
Masons Wife 2
Serge Weaver 2
Servant Out Of Employ 2
Tailoress 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Delve

Name Census Frequency
William Delve 257
Mary Delve 211
Elizabeth Delve 166
John Delve 159
George Delve 78
James Delve 78
Sarah Delve 62
Ann Delve 57
Jane Delve 54
Thomas Delve 48
Henry Delve 45
Ellen Delve 41
Charles Delve 40
Susan Delve 39
Frederick Delve 37
Alice Delve 35
Emily Delve 33
Robert Delve 33
Edwin Delve 32
Samuel Delve 31
Maria Delve 30
Richard Delve 30
Alfred Delve 29
Lucy Delve 27
Annie Delve 26

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