Gather 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 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
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 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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 6

Gather Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gather family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Agricultural Labourer 3
No Occupation Formely Servant 1
Silk Winder 1
Cabinet Maker Errand Boy 1
Gardener 1
Laundress 1
Stay Maker 1
House Servant 1
Bargeman 1
Brewers Drayman 1
Wife 1
Bookbinder 1
House Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gather

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gather 22
William Gather 19
John Gather 16
Elizabeth Gather 15
Annie Gather 12
George Gather 10
Charles Gather 9
Jane Gather 9
Ellen Gather 8
Hannah Gather 8
Thomas Gather 8
Ann Gather 7
Emma Gather 7
Richard Gather 7
Sarah Gather 7
James Gather 6
Robert Gather 6
Maria Gather 5
Albert Gather 4
Eliza Gather 4
Gertrude Gather 4
Henry Gather 4
Joseph Gather 4
David Gather 3
Fanny Gather 3

Gather Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Guthrie 43% 7,312
2 Gather 100% 295
3 Gathrie 57% 159
4 Gutherie 63% 151
5 Gother 83% 107

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The surname Gather is the 2nd most popular variant of Guthrie.

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