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 12
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 117
Dorset 1
Durham 6
Essex 7
Gloucestershire 16
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 65
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 37
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 28
Surrey 21
Sussex 9
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 10
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 87
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Delve Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Delve family

Profession Census Frequency
School 49
At School 5
Tailor 4
Baker 4
Dressmaker 4
Housekeeper 4
Farmer 4
Coal Miner Hewer 3
Warehouseman 3
Assisting In The Business 3
Carpenter 3
Porter 2
Dock Labourer 2
Garden Labourer 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Home 2
Shopkeeper 2
Mason's Labourer 2
General Labourer 2
General Servant (domestic) 2
Licensed Victualler 2
Lodging House Keeper 2
Mason 2
Tailor (maker) 2
Laundress Ironer 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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