Ess Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
Norfolk 6
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Ess Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ess family

Profession Census Frequency
Baker 1
Carpenter 1
Sawyer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ess

Name Census Frequency
James Ess 11
William Ess 11
George Ess 8
Mary Ess 8
Henry Ess 6
John Ess 6
Frederick Ess 5
Arthur Ess 4
Charles Ess 4
Florence Ess 4
Kate Ess 4
Robert Ess 4
Susannah Ess 4
Ann Ess 3
Charlotte Ess 3
Elizabeth Ess 3
Jane Ess 3
Mabel Ess 3
Thomas Ess 3
Lavinia Ess 2
Lydia Ess 2
Olive Ess 2
Phoebe Ess 2
Rose Ess 2
Violet Ess 2

Ess Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sees 50% 246
2 Saise 20% 208
3 Saies 20% 180
4 Sease 40% 165
5 Ess 100% 159
6 Esse 75% 131
7 Esaias 50% 107

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The surname Ess is the 5th most popular variant of Sees.

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