Fern 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 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 45
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 88
Devon 6
Dorset 0
Durham 8
Essex 45
Gloucestershire 51
Hampshire 14
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 19
Lancashire 156
Leicestershire 47
Lincolnshire 7
London 171
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 43
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 2
Somerset 4
Surrey 8
Sussex 11
Staffordshire 254
Warwickshire 37
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 23
Yorkshire 96

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 6
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Fern Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fern family

Profession Census Frequency
Plasterer 12
General Servant Domestic 9
Coal Miner Hewer 9
General Labourer 8
Housemaid Domestic 7
Charwoman 5
Scholar 5
Dressmaker 5
Labourer At Iron Work 5
Domestic Servant 4
Dress Maker 4
General Domestic 4
Joiner 4
Living On Own Means 4
School Teacher 4
Brewers Labourer 4
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 4
Milliner 4
Coal Miner Carter Hewer 4
Commercial Clerk 3
Iron Turner 3
General Domestic Servant 3
Tailoress 3
Potter's Enameller Earth 3
Railway Labourer 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Fern

Name Census Frequency
William Fern 418
Mary Fern 414
John Fern 388
Sarah Fern 250
Elizabeth Fern 246
George Fern 230
Thomas Fern 225
James Fern 175
Henry Fern 164
Charles Fern 140
Ann Fern 133
Joseph Fern 105
Eliza Fern 104
Frederick Fern 102
Hannah Fern 97
Jane Fern 88
Alice Fern 82
Annie Fern 80
Ellen Fern 76
Emma Fern 76
Edward Fern 66
Samuel Fern 66
Arthur Fern 65
Martha Fern 57
Edith Fern 54

Fern Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fearn 80% 14,145
2 Fern 100% 6,242
3 Fearon 67% 4,506
4 Fruin 40% 2,462
5 Farn 75% 2,174
6 Frain 40% 1,788
7 Freen 60% 1,270
8 Fernie 67% 1,247
9 Fearne 67% 1,048
10 Frane 40% 977
11 Foran 60% 973
12 Ferne 80% 769
13 Furn 75% 706
14 Fernee 67% 619
15 Frine 40% 555
16 Farne 60% 394
17 Fraine 33% 325
18 Feran 80% 300
19 Firn 75% 276
20 Feron 80% 261
21 Fruen 40% 257
22 Frean 60% 216
23 Feirn 80% 172
24 Fairn 60% 163
25 Faron 60% 135
26 Fran 50% 130
27 Fron 50% 126
28 Faren 60% 123
29 Faran 60% 115
30 Fren 50% 113
31 Ferin 80% 107
32 Farina 50% 104
33 Farnie 50% 102

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The surname Fern is the 2nd most popular variant of Fearn.

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