Doe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 8
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 74
Cambridgeshire 40
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 45
Devon 14
Dorset 1
Durham 8
Essex 342
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 118
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 11
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 7
Isle of Man 0
Kent 63
Lancashire 26
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 32
London 327
Middlesex 22
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 58
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 9
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 7
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 63
Somerset 0
Surrey 39
Sussex 21
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 7
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 22

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 15
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Doe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Doe family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 282
Agricultural Labourer 63
Labourer 19
Domestic Servant 18
General Servant 18
Farm Labourer 13
Carpenter 12
Gardener 11
General Labourer 11
Laundress 10
Hawker 9
Boot Maker 7
Dress Maker 7
Butcher 6
Charwoman 6
Coachman 6
General Servant Domestic 5
No Occupation 5
Servant 5
Groom 5
Chimney Sweeper 5
Thatcher 5
Annuitant 4
Bricklayer 4
Boot & Shoe Maker 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Doe

Name Census Frequency
William Doe 634
Mary Doe 588
John Doe 455
George Doe 442
Elizabeth Doe 392
Charles Doe 384
James Doe 334
Sarah Doe 330
Henry Doe 267
Thomas Doe 261
Emma Doe 196
Alice Doe 190
Eliza Doe 190
Ann Doe 189
Alfred Doe 179
Annie Doe 174
Edward Doe 170
Frederick Doe 157
Robert Doe 143
Albert Doe 137
Emily Doe 128
Ellen Doe 126
Arthur Doe 123
Jane Doe 123
Louisa Doe 110

Doe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ede 33% 11,861
2 Eade 25% 10,844
3 Doe 100% 10,558
4 Dee 67% 7,182
5 Ide 33% 2,833
6 De Gruchy 11% 2,160
7 Adie 50% 2,011
8 Ade 33% 1,227
9 De La Mare 20% 1,151
10 Eadie 40% 1,067
11 De Garis 13% 965
12 De La Haye 20% 731
13 De Carteret 18% 635
14 Ead 0% 592
15 Due 67% 532
16 Da Costa 25% 520
17 Ada 0% 503
18 Doo 67% 478
19 De Jersey 22% 463
20 Dea 33% 392
21 Oade 25% 366
22 De Courcy 22% 350
23 De La Rue 22% 327
24 Du Feu 33% 309
25 De Ville 25% 271
26 Dough 40% 271
27 De St Croix 18% 268
28 De Lacy 14% 257
29 De La Cour 20% 255
30 Du Heaume 22% 229
31 Du Fen 33% 213
32 Odea 25% 208
33 De Faye 29% 199
34 De Lisle 25% 186
35 De Ste Croix 17% 178
36 De La Perrelle 14% 176
37 Edie 50% 176
38 Eede 25% 176
39 De Veulle 22% 171
40 Eda 0% 170
41 De Putron 22% 169
42 Oad 0% 165
43 Die 67% 161
44 De Groot 25% 145
45 De Pass 14% 145
46 De Fraine 22% 137
47 De Winton 22% 132
48 Du Val 17% 130
49 De Mouilpied 25% 127
50 Du Pre 33% 120
51 De Haas 14% 117
52 De Jong 29% 114
53 De Rue 33% 114
54 De Silva 13% 113
55 Deau 25% 113
56 De Carle 25% 112
57 De Costa 25% 110

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The surname Doe is the 3rd most popular variant of Ede.

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