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 4
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 48
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 136
Devon 1
Dorset 6
Durham 4
Essex 46
Gloucestershire 62
Hampshire 19
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 5
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 7
Lancashire 190
Leicestershire 91
Lincolnshire 12
London 109
Middlesex 21
Northumberland 14
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 13
Nottinghamshire 43
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 10
Suffolk 2
Somerset 8
Surrey 22
Sussex 23
Staffordshire 297
Warwickshire 34
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 44
Yorkshire 80

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Fern Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fern family

Profession Census Frequency
School 161
Plasterer 15
General Labourer 15
Coal Miner Hewer 14
General Servant (domestic) 12
Labourer 11
Brewers Labourer 8
Clerk 8
Charwoman 7
At Home 7
Domestic Servant 6
Bricklayer 5
Farm Labourer 5
Assisting In Business 4
Dressmaker 4
Carter 4
Coal Miner 4
Shop Assistant 4
Weaver 4
House Keeper 4
Boot Repairer 4
Coal Miner (hewer) 4
Collier Yewer 4
Carpenter 3
Iron Worker 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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