Fearn 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 9
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 488
Devon 11
Dorset 0
Durham 11
Essex 13
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 50
Lancashire 89
Leicestershire 22
Lincolnshire 5
London 127
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 95
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 12
Somerset 2
Surrey 1
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 151
Warwickshire 57
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 241

Wales

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

Fearn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fearn family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 266
Agricultural Labourer 34
Labourer 27
Coal Miner 20
General Servant 17
Domestic Servant 12
Dress Maker 12
Farm Servant 11
Farmers Wife 10
Joiner 10
Farmer Labourer 8
House Keeper 6
Laundress 6
Cotton Spinner 6
File Cutter 6
Farm Servant Indoor 5
Painter 5
Farmer 4
Farmers Daughter 4
Lead Miner 4
Nurse 4
Stone Mason 4
In School 4
Cutler 4
Gardener 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Fearn

Name Census Frequency
John Fearn 906
William Fearn 875
Mary Fearn 822
George Fearn 797
Elizabeth Fearn 556
Sarah Fearn 538
Thomas Fearn 426
Charles Fearn 318
James Fearn 290
Eliza Fearn 288
Ann Fearn 285
Joseph Fearn 251
Henry Fearn 233
Emma Fearn 229
Hannah Fearn 229
Annie Fearn 226
Alice Fearn 188
Jane Fearn 183
Samuel Fearn 172
Frederick Fearn 162
Alfred Fearn 156
Ellen Fearn 154
Arthur Fearn 153
Edward Fearn 135
Walter Fearn 133

Fearn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fearn 100% 14,145
2 Fern 80% 6,242
3 Fearon 83% 4,506
4 Fruin 40% 2,462
5 Farn 80% 2,174
6 Frain 60% 1,788
7 Freen 40% 1,270
8 Fernie 50% 1,247
9 Fearne 83% 1,048
10 Frane 40% 977
11 Foran 40% 973
12 Ferne 60% 769
13 Furn 60% 706
14 Fernee 50% 619
15 Frine 20% 555
16 Farne 60% 394
17 Fraine 50% 325
18 Feran 60% 300
19 Firn 60% 276
20 Feron 60% 261
21 Fruen 40% 257
22 Frean 60% 216
23 Feirn 80% 172
24 Fairn 60% 163
25 Faron 60% 135
26 Fran 60% 130
27 Fron 40% 126
28 Faren 60% 123
29 Faran 60% 115
30 Fren 40% 113
31 Ferin 60% 107
32 Farina 50% 104
33 Farnie 50% 102

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