Gape 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 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 10
Dorset 8
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 9
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gape Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gape family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 7
Agricultural Labourer 3
Male Servant 2
Female Servant 2
Labourer 2
Merchant 1
Fisher Man 1
Miner Copper 1
Lace Hand 1
Mason 1
Silk Weaver 1
Washer Woman 1
Army 1
Char Woman 1
Navy 1
Clerk 1
Tailor Journeyman 1
Pauper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gape

Name Census Frequency
William Gape 56
Mary Gape 55
John Gape 48
Elizabeth Gape 38
Sarah Gape 37
George Gape 35
Henry Gape 29
David Gape 28
Charles Gape 24
Florence Gape 24
Thomas Gape 23
Jane Gape 20
Margaret Gape 18
Joseph Gape 17
Emma Gape 15
Ann Gape 14
Frederick Gape 13
Jacob Gape 12
Rachel Gape 12
Richard Gape 12
Henrietta Gape 11
Walter Gape 11
James Gape 10
Annie Gape 9
Martha Gape 9

Gape Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gape 100% 927
2 Gop 50% 134

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

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