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 7
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 17
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 38
Cheshire 115
Cornwall 20
Cumberland 27
Derbyshire 22
Devon 67
Dorset 14
Durham 125
Essex 306
Gloucestershire 120
Hampshire 184
Herefordshire 12
Hertfordshire 35
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 16
Kent 115
Lancashire 1,346
Leicestershire 26
Lincolnshire 44
London 1,677
Middlesex 237
Northumberland 93
Norfolk 39
Northamptonshire 21
Nottinghamshire 11
Oxfordshire 51
Rutland 0
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 17
Somerset 16
Surrey 169
Sussex 64
Staffordshire 98
Warwickshire 75
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 15
Worcestershire 22
Yorkshire 258

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 7
Denbighshire 11
Flintshire 9
Glamorgan 391
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 142
Pembrokeshire 11
Radnorshire 1

Fitzgerald Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fitzgerald family

Profession Census Frequency
School 619
Labourer 70
General Labourer 61
Private Means 61
Dock Labourer 48
None 47
Clerk 31
General Servant (domestic) 30
Domestic Servant 29
Dressmaker 27
At School 23
Nil 23
Soldier 23
Charwoman 22
General Servant Domestic 21
Coal Miner Hewer 21
Student 19
House Painter 19
Tailoress 19
At Home 17
Domestic 17
Dress Maker 17
Carman 15
Cook (domestic) 15
House Keeper 15

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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