Devett 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 4
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 6
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 6
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 0
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

Devett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Devett family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Independent 2
Barman 1
Labourer 1
Wire Drawer 1
Shoe Maker 1
Miner 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Devett

Name Census Frequency
Mary Devett 35
William Devett 26
James Devett 18
John Devett 18
Margaret Devett 16
Sarah Devett 16
Elizabeth Devett 14
Thomas Devett 13
Charles Devett 11
George Devett 9
Ann Devett 7
Jane Devett 7
Patrick Devett 7
Emma Devett 6
Henry Devett 6
Joseph Devett 6
Maria Devett 6
Ellen Devett 5
Hugh Devett 5
Arthur Devett 4
Edward Devett 4
Eliza Devett 4
Samuel Devett 4
Michael Devett 3
Robert Devett 3

Devett Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Devitt 83% 2,213
2 Davitt 67% 820
3 Devett 100% 392
4 Divett 83% 271

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The surname Devett is the 3rd most popular variant of Devitt.

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