Douning 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 10
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
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 4
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 9

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

Douning Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Douning family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 11
No Occupation 2
Barmaid 1
Carter 1
Black Smith 1
Coal Miner 1
Farmer Of 123 Acres Employing 2 Men & 1 Boy 1
Brick Layer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Douning

Name Census Frequency
Mary Douning 10
Sarah Douning 8
John Douning 7
Thomas Douning 7
Ann Douning 5
Annie Douning 5
Elizabeth Douning 5
Joseph Douning 5
Frances Douning 4
William Douning 4
Alfred Douning 3
Arthur Douning 3
Charles Douning 3
George Douning 3
Harriett Douning 3
Henry Douning 3
Herbert Douning 3
Jane Douning 3
Richard Douning 3
Samuel Douning 3
Alice Douning 2
Catherine Douning 2
Edward Douning 2
Eliza Douning 2
Ellen Douning 2

Douning Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Downing 86% 34,524
2 Dunnage 43% 1,251
3 Dening 71% 1,161
4 Dinnage 29% 1,002
5 Douning 100% 166
6 Duning 86% 157
7 Dining 71% 105
8 Deaning 71% 101

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The surname Douning is the 5th most popular variant of Downing.

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