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 18
Buckinghamshire 12
Berkshire 25
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 144
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 28
Derbyshire 37
Devon 127
Dorset 4
Durham 252
Essex 77
Gloucestershire 51
Hampshire 80
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 23
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 58
Lancashire 723
Leicestershire 27
Lincolnshire 38
London 460
Middlesex 222
Northumberland 71
Norfolk 18
Northamptonshire 72
Nottinghamshire 43
Oxfordshire 171
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 8
Somerset 15
Surrey 75
Sussex 56
Staffordshire 152
Warwickshire 443
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 34
Worcestershire 163
Yorkshire 408

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 18
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 9
Radnorshire 0

Eden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Eden family

Profession Census Frequency
School 410
Farm Labourer 48
General Labourer 36
General Servant (domestic) 36
Private Means 33
Labourer 30
Coal Miner Hewer 23
None 22
Domestic Servant 19
Dressmaker 16
At Home 15
Clerk 15
General Servant Domestic 14
Shop Assistant 14
Scholar 14
Domestic 13
Housekeeper 13
Farmer 13
At School 13
House Keeper 12
House Painter 12
Housemaid (domestic) 12
Carter 12
Carman 11
Weaver 11

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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