Gift 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 11
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gift Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gift family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Laborer 2
Dressmaker 1
Greengrocer 1
Printer Compositer 1
Sawyer 1
Waggoner 1
Grocer 1
Assistant Farmer 1
Labourer Chemical 1
Cook 1
Domestic Servant 1
No Occupation 1
Dress Maker 1
Warehouse Man 1
Farmer Of 300 Acres Employing 19 Men 3 Boys 1
Scholar 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gift

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Gift 10
John Gift 10
Mary Gift 10
George Gift 8
Thomas Gift 7
William Gift 7
Anna Gift 4
Catherine Gift 4
Sarah Gift 4
Annie Gift 3
Eliza Gift 3
Emily Gift 3
Frances Gift 3
Frederick Gift 3
Jane Gift 3
Ellen Gift 2
Henry Gift 2
Kate Gift 2
Lizzie Gift 2
Rebecca Gift 2
Samuel Gift 2
Adam Gift 1
Albert Gift 1
Alice Gift 1
Amy Gift 1

Gift Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Goft 75% 367
2 Gift 100% 134

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The surname Gift is the 2nd most popular variant of Goft.

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