Farnish 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 12

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

Farnish Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Farnish family

Profession Census Frequency
House Servant 1
Carrier 1
Cart Driver 1
Formerly Heald Knitter 1
Mill Reeler 1
Railway Labourer 1
Twist Winder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Farnish

Name Census Frequency
William Farnish 32
Mary Farnish 27
James Farnish 26
John Farnish 25
Eliza Farnish 22
Frederick Farnish 20
Samuel Farnish 20
Elizabeth Farnish 19
Sarah Farnish 19
George Farnish 18
Hannah Farnish 18
Martha Farnish 17
Annie Farnish 13
Thomas Farnish 13
Arthur Farnish 10
Jane Farnish 10
Joseph Farnish 10
Ann Farnish 9
Emma Farnish 9
Walter Farnish 9
Alfred Farnish 8
Alice Farnish 7
Benjamin Farnish 7
Emily Farnish 7
Ruth Farnish 7

Farnish Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Furnish 86% 1,140
2 Farnish 100% 589

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The surname Farnish is the 2nd most popular variant of Furnish.

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