Fonks 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 8
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 5

Wales

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

Fonks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fonks family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Brick Layer 1
Clerk 1
Coal Miner 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Chandelier Maker Lamp 1
Labourer General 1
Light Gilt Toy Trade 1
Steel Pen Maker 1
Iron Stone Miner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Fonks

Name Census Frequency
William Fonks 11
Sarah Fonks 9
Mary Fonks 8
Elizabeth Fonks 6
John Fonks 6
James Fonks 5
Thomas Fonks 5
Ann Fonks 4
Emma Fonks 4
Hannah Fonks 4
Jane Fonks 4
Joseph Fonks 4
Alfred Fonks 3
Emily Fonks 3
Harriet Fonks 3
Martha Fonks 3
Walter Fonks 3
Alice Fonks 2
Amos Fonks 2
Annie Fonks 2
Ellen Fonks 2
Henry Fonks 2
Lousia Fonks 2
Maria Fonks 2
Samuel Fonks 2

Fonks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fonks 100% 138
2 Finks 80% 122

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