Devons 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
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 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
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

Devons Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Devons family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
General Servant 2
Iron Plate Work 1
Lether Maker 1
Silk Winder 1
Foot Man 1
Dress Maker 1
Iron Trimmer 1
Porter 1
Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Devons

Name Census Frequency
John Devons 9
Mary Devons 6
George Devons 5
William Devons 5
Ann Devons 4
James Devons 4
Annie Devons 3
Bridget Devons 3
Catherine Devons 3
Charles Devons 3
Edward Devons 3
Emily Devons 3
Frederick Devons 3
Thomas Devons 3
Alfred Devons 2
Anne Devons 2
Benjamin Devons 2
Caroline Devons 2
Elizabeth Devons 2
Margaret Devons 2
Michael Devons 2
Peter Devons 2
Alice Devons 1
Alped Devons 1
Arthur Devons 1

Devons Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Devins 83% 127
2 Devons 100% 106
3 Davins 67% 102

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The surname Devons is the 2nd most popular variant of Devins.

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