Drighton 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 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
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 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

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

Drighton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Drighton family

Profession Census Frequency
School 3
House Maid 1
Architect 1
Student School 1
Trainer Nurse (medical) 1
Fruit Salesman 1
Gas Fitter 1
Stable Boy 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Drighton

Name Census Frequency
William Drighton 18
Mary Drighton 16
John Drighton 10
George Drighton 9
Sarah Drighton 9
Thomas Drighton 9
Elizabeth Drighton 8
Henry Drighton 7
Jane Drighton 7
Ann Drighton 6
Eliza Drighton 6
Hannah Drighton 5
Charles Drighton 4
Alice Drighton 3
Annie Drighton 3
Arthur Drighton 3
Edward Drighton 3
Florence Drighton 3
Francis Drighton 3
Martha Drighton 3
Emily Drighton 2
Emma Drighton 2
Fanny Drighton 2
Hilda Drighton 2
Kenneth Drighton 2

Drighton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dryton 63% 414
2 Drighton 100% 223
3 Droughton 78% 102

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The surname Drighton is the 2nd most popular variant of Dryton.

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