Farrest 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 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
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 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

Farrest Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Farrest family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1
Cap Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Farrest

Name Census Frequency
Mary Farrest 22
William Farrest 19
John Farrest 17
Elizabeth Farrest 16
Thomas Farrest 11
Joseph Farrest 10
George Farrest 8
Sarah Farrest 8
James Farrest 7
Robert Farrest 7
Walter Farrest 7
Annie Farrest 6
Charles Farrest 5
Edith Farrest 5
Margaret Farrest 5
Agnes Farrest 4
Albert Farrest 4
Edward Farrest 4
Emily Farrest 4
Fred Farrest 4
Harry Farrest 4
Jane Farrest 4
Nellie Farrest 4
Richard Farrest 4
Ada Farrest 3

Farrest Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Forrest 86% 25,976
2 Farrest 100% 344
3 Forrist 71% 197

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The surname Farrest is the 2nd most popular variant of Forrest.

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