Downsend 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 8
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 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 13

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

Downsend Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Downsend family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Domestic General Servant 1
Engine Driver At Water Works 1
Spring Hook Maker 1
Gardener 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Coal Hurrier 1
Coal Miner 1
Cutlery Manufacturer Employing 30 Men & 3 Woman 1
Moulder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Downsend

Name Census Frequency
Mary Downsend 6
Sarah Downsend 6
Elizabeth Downsend 5
William Downsend 5
Charles Downsend 4
John Downsend 4
Annie Downsend 3
Joseph Downsend 3
Thomas Downsend 3
Agnes Downsend 2
Ann Downsend 2
Benjamin Downsend 2
Emma Downsend 2
Fanny Downsend 2
Frederick Downsend 2
George Downsend 2
Harriett Downsend 2
Jemima Downsend 2
Mabel Downsend 2
Nancy Downsend 2
Robert Downsend 2
Alfred Downsend 1
Alice Downsend 1
Anne Downsend 1
Beckett Downsend 1

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