Essex 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 69
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 7
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 2
Dorset 13
Durham 0
Essex 10
Gloucestershire 99
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 20
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 35
Lancashire 12
Leicestershire 38
Lincolnshire 1
London 193
Middlesex 7
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 18
Nottinghamshire 11
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 7
Surrey 16
Sussex 6
Staffordshire 26
Warwickshire 170
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 38
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Essex Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Essex family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 151
Agricultural Labourer 30
Labourer 26
Carpenter 10
Annuitant 9
Servant 9
Dress Maker 8
Farm Labourer 7
Domestic Servant 7
Clerk 7
Laundress 6
Cook 5
Baker 4
General Servant 4
Bricklayer 4
Errand Boy 4
Silk Weaver 4
Daughter Of Above 4
Sawyer 3
Pauper 3
Seamstress 3
Gardener 3
Kitchen Maid 3
Marble Polisher 3
No Occupation 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Essex

Name Census Frequency
William Essex 561
Mary Essex 421
John Essex 373
George Essex 334
Elizabeth Essex 314
Thomas Essex 277
James Essex 263
Sarah Essex 258
Charles Essex 190
Henry Essex 172
Ann Essex 150
Edward Essex 126
Ellen Essex 122
Emma Essex 118
Eliza Essex 112
Alice Essex 107
Joseph Essex 100
Annie Essex 97
Richard Essex 94
Frederick Essex 91
Jane Essex 86
Fanny Essex 79
Hannah Essex 75
Albert Essex 70
Samuel Essex 70

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