Ellen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 9
Buckinghamshire 18
Berkshire 31
Cambridgeshire 8
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 128
Cornwall 28
Cumberland 33
Derbyshire 45
Devon 56
Dorset 22
Durham 85
Essex 182
Gloucestershire 18
Hampshire 74
Herefordshire 8
Hertfordshire 13
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 1
Kent 296
Lancashire 520
Leicestershire 22
Lincolnshire 38
London 814
Middlesex 133
Northumberland 34
Norfolk 30
Northamptonshire 40
Nottinghamshire 53
Oxfordshire 25
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 23
Suffolk 38
Somerset 27
Surrey 95
Sussex 37
Staffordshire 104
Warwickshire 83
Westmorland 5
Wiltshire 40
Worcestershire 20
Yorkshire 497

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 17
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 17
Flintshire 4
Glamorgan 53
Merionethshire 16
Montgomeryshire 21
Monmouthshire 30
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Ellen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ellen family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 591
Domestic Servant 77
Agricultural Labourer 52
General Labourer 45
Living On Own Means 39
General Servant 33
Living On Her Own Means 30
Dress Maker 28
Labourer 27
Coal Miner 26
General Servant Domestic 24
Clerk 23
Cotton Weaver 21
Laundress 19
Tailoress 15
Gardener 15
Cook Domestic Servant 14
Farm Labourer 13
Tailor 12
Cook 11
House Keeper 11
Painter 11
Farmer 10
Carter 10
Servant 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Ellen

Name Census Frequency
Mary Ellen 1,212
William Ellen 890
Elizabeth Ellen 693
John Ellen 639
Sarah Ellen 634
Thomas Ellen 420
George Ellen 419
James Ellen 379
Ann Ellen 311
Jane Ellen 284
Ellen Ellen 276
Charles Ellen 263
Henry Ellen 246
Joseph Ellen 221
Annie Ellen 204
Eliza Ellen 203
Alice Ellen 188
Margaret Ellen 186
Emily Ellen 173
Martha Ellen 158
Frederick Ellen 154
Edward Ellen 149
Emma Ellen 140
Hannah Ellen 132
Alfred Ellen 129

Ellen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Allen 80% 422,866
2 Allan 60% 38,712
3 Ellen 100% 14,608
4 Allin 60% 7,055
5 Ellin 80% 1,822
6 Allon 60% 1,655
7 Elen 80% 1,072
8 Ellan 80% 514
9 Lilian 33% 319
10 Lelean 50% 279
11 Ellon 80% 251
12 Ellion 67% 224
13 Lelen 60% 146
14 Allain 50% 139
15 Lealan 50% 139
16 Ollen 80% 114
17 Ollin 60% 109

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The surname Ellen is the 3rd most popular variant of Allen.

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