Gloss 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 2
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
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 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gloss Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gloss family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Policeman 2
Trooper 1
Butcher 1
Saddler 1
Ag Labourer 1
Coach Man 1
Farm Servant 1
Dress Maker 1
Porter 1
Tallow Chandler 1
General Labourer 1
General Labourer Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gloss

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gloss 19
John Gloss 17
Thomas Gloss 15
William Gloss 13
Elizabeth Gloss 12
James Gloss 12
George Gloss 11
Ellen Gloss 10
Henry Gloss 9
Frederick Gloss 7
David Gloss 6
Eliza Gloss 6
Sarah Gloss 6
Ann Gloss 5
Robert Gloss 5
Edgar Gloss 4
Florence Gloss 4
Martha Gloss 4
Christopher Gloss 3
Eleanor Gloss 3
Lucy Gloss 3
Rosina Gloss 3
Susannah Gloss 3
Joseph Gloss 2
Lily Gloss 2

Gloss Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Glass 80% 14,538
2 Glasse 67% 686
3 Gloss 100% 266

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The surname Gloss is the 3rd most popular variant of Glass.

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