Featherstone Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 5
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 4
Cambridgeshire 18
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 42
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 14
Derbyshire 124
Devon 116
Dorset 0
Durham 484
Essex 74
Gloucestershire 51
Hampshire 28
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 262
Lancashire 319
Leicestershire 9
Lincolnshire 124
London 370
Middlesex 80
Northumberland 107
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 31
Nottinghamshire 185
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 4
Somerset 13
Surrey 88
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 29
Warwickshire 64
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 22
Yorkshire 1,053

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 25
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Featherstone Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Featherstone family

Profession Census Frequency
School 410
Farmer 47
Farm Labourer 36
Coal Miner Hewer 25
General Labourer 24
Scholar 24
Dressmaker 23
Labourer 22
Private Means 22
General Servant (domestic) 20
Domestic Servant 17
Clerk 16
At Home 16
At School 15
None 13
Charwoman 11
General Servant Domestic 11
Working On Farm 11
Shop Assistant 10
House Keeper 9
Blacksmith 8
General Servant 8
No Occupation 8
Joiner 8
Coal Miner 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Featherstone

Name Census Frequency
John Featherstone 1,195
Mary Featherstone 1,136
William Featherstone 1,136
George Featherstone 702
Elizabeth Featherstone 662
Thomas Featherstone 645
Sarah Featherstone 565
Ann Featherstone 403
Jane Featherstone 391
Joseph Featherstone 377
James Featherstone 341
Robert Featherstone 333
Charles Featherstone 305
Annie Featherstone 299
Hannah Featherstone 274
Henry Featherstone 273
Eliza Featherstone 221
Margaret Featherstone 203
Alice Featherstone 192
Emma Featherstone 184
Edward Featherstone 175
Frederick Featherstone 173
Emily Featherstone 161
Alfred Featherstone 160
Ellen Featherstone 155

Featherstone Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Featherstone 100% 17,083
2 Featherston 92% 3,474
3 Fetherstone 92% 511
4 Fetherston 83% 295

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The surname Featherstone is the most popular version of all its varients

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