Dorking 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 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 2
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 17
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
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

Dorking Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dorking family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Female Servant 2
Ag Labourer 2
Chairwoman 2
Labourer 2
Tailor 2
Fireman 1
Inmates 1
Lawyer 1
Accountant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dorking

Name Census Frequency
William Dorking 54
Mary Dorking 43
John Dorking 39
George Dorking 31
Elizabeth Dorking 25
James Dorking 20
Sarah Dorking 19
Henry Dorking 18
Joseph Dorking 17
Charles Dorking 16
Edward Dorking 15
Ethel Dorking 14
Ellen Dorking 13
Emma Dorking 12
Ernest Dorking 11
Frederick Dorking 11
Jane Dorking 11
Thomas Dorking 11
Amelia Dorking 10
Ann Dorking 10
Arthur Dorking 10
Margaret Dorking 10
Albert Dorking 8
Alice Dorking 8
Harry Dorking 8

Dorking Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dorking 100% 750
2 Darking 86% 483

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The surname Dorking is the most popular version of all its varients

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