Fitzgerald Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 32
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 26
Cheshire 99
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 23
Derbyshire 19
Devon 65
Dorset 19
Durham 154
Essex 215
Gloucestershire 89
Hampshire 111
Herefordshire 11
Hertfordshire 15
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 13
Kent 94
Lancashire 1,056
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 35
London 1,235
Middlesex 115
Northumberland 79
Norfolk 36
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 36
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 30
Somerset 21
Surrey 142
Sussex 48
Staffordshire 83
Warwickshire 50
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 186

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 4
Glamorgan 301
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 104
Pembrokeshire 11
Radnorshire 1

Fitzgerald Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fitzgerald family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 104
Living On Own Means 62
Dock Labourer 35
General Servant Domestic 35
Charwoman 27
Domestic Servant 26
Dress Maker 24
Cotton Weaver 22
Scholar 21
Cook Domestic 20
Laundress Wash 18
Tailoress 18
Servant Domestic 16
Student 16
At School 15
Coal Hewer 13
Bricklayer Labourer 12
Commercial Clerk 12
Laundress 12
Tailor 12
Coal Miner Hewer 12
Dressmaker 11
Iron Moulder 11
Nurse Domestic 9
Printer 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Fitzgerald

Name Census Frequency
Mary Fitzgerald 2,697
John Fitzgerald 2,491
James Fitzgerald 1,474
William Fitzgerald 1,423
Thomas Fitzgerald 1,321
Margaret Fitzgerald 931
Ellen Fitzgerald 890
Elizabeth Fitzgerald 872
Edward Fitzgerald 805
Catherine Fitzgerald 750
Michael Fitzgerald 583
Patrick Fitzgerald 552
Ann Fitzgerald 500
Sarah Fitzgerald 484
George Fitzgerald 417
Richard Fitzgerald 389
Annie Fitzgerald 388
Jane Fitzgerald 348
Charles Fitzgerald 337
Bridget Fitzgerald 334
Alice Fitzgerald 316
Eliza Fitzgerald 305
Henry Fitzgerald 284
Joseph Fitzgerald 259
Robert Fitzgerald 237

Fitzgerald Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fitzgerald 100% 29,692
2 Fitzgerold 90% 785
3 Fitzgerlad 80% 268
4 Fitzgerrald 91% 208
5 Fitzgarald 90% 104

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

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