Fearson 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 29
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 8
Lincolnshire 1
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

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

Fearson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fearson family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 4
Female Servant 3
Grocer 3
Male Servant 2
Labourer 1
Pauper 1
Plumber Assistant 1
Smith 1
Stone Mason 1
Rector Of Ireland 1
Hair Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Fearson

Name Census Frequency
Mary Fearson 45
William Fearson 40
Elizabeth Fearson 32
John Fearson 32
Ann Fearson 22
James Fearson 18
Henry Fearson 17
Sarah Fearson 17
Thomas Fearson 16
George Fearson 15
Joseph Fearson 15
Jane Fearson 13
Margaret Fearson 13
Hannah Fearson 10
Frances Fearson 8
Annie Fearson 7
Catherine Fearson 7
Robert Fearson 7
Emily Fearson 6
Alice Fearson 5
Edward Fearson 5
Eliza Fearson 5
Ellen Fearson 5
Emma Fearson 5
Harriet Fearson 5

Fearson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Farson 86% 1,077
2 Fearson 100% 531
3 Frason 71% 171
4 Freson 57% 166
5 Freason 71% 141
6 Freeson 57% 131

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The surname Fearson is the 2nd most popular variant of Farson.

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