Eden 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 34
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 27
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 95
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 37
Devon 88
Dorset 0
Durham 169
Essex 10
Gloucestershire 30
Hampshire 38
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 24
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 44
Lancashire 452
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 21
London 350
Middlesex 44
Northumberland 24
Norfolk 22
Northamptonshire 52
Nottinghamshire 31
Oxfordshire 177
Rutland 0
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 4
Somerset 18
Surrey 36
Sussex 27
Staffordshire 59
Warwickshire 301
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 26
Worcestershire 43
Yorkshire 259

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 6
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Eden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Eden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 461
Agricultural Labourer 95
Labourer 57
General Servant 32
Domestic Servant 28
Coal Miner 20
Laundress 19
Dress Maker 18
Gardener 14
Farm Labourer 14
House Keeper 14
Nurse 12
Shoe Maker 12
Annuitant 11
Cook 10
Servant 9
General Servant Domestic 9
Farm Servant 8
Farmers Son 8
Tailor 8
Dressmaker 8
School 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Baker 7
Bricklayer 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Eden

Name Census Frequency
William Eden 1,514
Mary Eden 1,468
John Eden 1,421
Elizabeth Eden 1,076
Thomas Eden 1,032
George Eden 848
Sarah Eden 704
James Eden 686
Ann Eden 528
Charles Eden 498
Robert Eden 469
Jane Eden 448
Joseph Eden 410
Henry Eden 390
Alice Eden 345
Ellen Eden 309
Annie Eden 307
Margaret Eden 298
Eliza Eden 286
Hannah Eden 256
Emma Eden 248
Emily Eden 240
Martha Eden 234
Edward Eden 228
Arthur Eden 219

Eden Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dean 50% 150,417
2 Eden 100% 22,909
3 Deane 40% 16,371
4 Done 25% 8,754
5 Dane 25% 6,515
6 Dain 25% 3,138
7 Edden 80% 2,521
8 Uden 75% 2,115
9 Dun 50% 2,067
10 Dan 50% 1,806
11 Don 50% 1,705
12 Eadon 60% 1,589
13 Dine 25% 1,485
14 Deen 50% 1,115
15 Eaden 80% 897
16 Daine 20% 785
17 Dian 25% 753
18 Edon 75% 594
19 Aden 75% 440
20 Iden 75% 407
21 Dune 25% 392
22 Edin 75% 380
23 Audin 40% 361
24 Daun 25% 321
25 Auden 60% 311
26 Den 75% 305
27 Euden 80% 279
28 Dene 50% 276
29 Dion 25% 253
30 Adin 50% 246
31 Dono 25% 226
32 Doane 20% 203
33 Oden 75% 198
34 Duin 25% 184
35 Doan 25% 180
36 Deon 50% 165
37 Edan 75% 160
38 Duane 20% 158
39 Adeane 50% 122
40 Doon 25% 122
41 Danie 20% 117
42 Din 50% 111
43 Dana 25% 107
44 Deene 40% 106
45 Duan 25% 105

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The surname Eden is the 2nd most popular variant of Dean.

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