Faning 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Faning Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Faning family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Retired Bookseller & Stationer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Carter 1
Hallier 1
Dress Maker 1
Printer And Compositor 1
Labourer Iron Yard 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Faning

Name Census Frequency
James Faning 7
Caroline Faning 6
John Faning 6
Mary Faning 6
Elizabeth Faning 5
Catherine Faning 3
Eliza Faning 3
Michael Faning 3
Roger Faning 3
Alice Faning 2
Amelia Faning 2
Bridget Faning 2
Cordelia Faning 2
Eaton Faning 2
Helen Faning 2
Joan Faning 2
Joseph Faning 2
Ada Faning 1
Albert Faning 1
Alfred Faning 1
Ann Faning 1
Anna Faning 1
Anne Faning 1
Annie Faning 1
Arthur Faning 1

Faning Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fanning 86% 2,848
2 Faning 100% 110

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The surname Faning is the 2nd most popular variant of Fanning.

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