Distance 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 3
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 17

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

Distance Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Distance family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Game Keeper & Farm Bailiff 80 Acres 1
Game Keepers Wife 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Hawker 1
Hawkers Wife 1
House Keeper Domestic 1
Labourer 1
Assistant At Home 1
Formerly Mariner 1
Mariners Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Distance

Name Census Frequency
George Distance 12
John Distance 8
Thomas Distance 8
Jane Distance 7
Mary Distance 7
Sarah Distance 6
Ann Distance 5
Emma Distance 5
Francis Distance 5
Hannah Distance 5
Amy Distance 4
Elizabeth Distance 4
Annie Distance 3
Henry Distance 3
Herbert Distance 3
Hilda Distance 3
Arthur Distance 2
Emily Distance 2
Lilian Distance 2
Amey Distance 1
Anne Distance 1
Annie. Distance 1
Dora Distance 1
Frank Distance 1
Frederick Distance 1

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