Dexton 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 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Dexton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dexton family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 10
Painter 2
Laundress 2
Dairy Potter 1
Daughter 1
Farmer 139 Acres Employing 2 Farm Servant 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Domestic Servant 1
Retired Chemist 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dexton

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dexton 20
John Dexton 16
Sarah Dexton 12
William Dexton 12
Thomas Dexton 10
Ann Dexton 9
Elizabeth Dexton 9
George Dexton 9
Alice Dexton 6
Eliza Dexton 6
Henry Dexton 6
Joseph Dexton 5
Ellen Dexton 4
Emily Dexton 4
Jane Dexton 4
Agnes Dexton 3
Alfred Dexton 3
Edward Dexton 3
Fred Dexton 3
Frederick Dexton 3
Harriett Dexton 3
James Dexton 3
Martha Dexton 3
Robert Dexton 3
Emma Dexton 2

Dexton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dixton 83% 383
2 Dexton 100% 228

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The surname Dexton is the 2nd most popular variant of Dixton.

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