Gossip 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 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 5
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 26

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

Gossip Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gossip family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Agricultural Labourer 3
Boot Maker 1
No Occupation Formerly Merchant 1
Brewers Drayman 1
Bricklayer & Grocer 1
Dress Maker 1
Fish Hawker 1
Housemaid 1
Inn Keeper 1
Inn Keepers Daughter 1
Property Owner 1
Housemaid Domestic Servant 1
Land 1
Author 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gossip

Name Census Frequency
John Gossip 20
William Gossip 20
Sarah Gossip 16
Mary Gossip 15
George Gossip 13
Elizabeth Gossip 11
James Gossip 9
Ann Gossip 7
Charlotte Gossip 7
Hannah Gossip 7
Joseph Gossip 7
Maria Gossip 7
Thomas Gossip 7
Margaret Gossip 6
Samuel Gossip 6
Eliza Gossip 5
Frances Gossip 5
Jane Gossip 5
Emily Gossip 4
Anne Gossip 3
Annie Gossip 3
Caroline Gossip 3
Emma Gossip 3
Francis Gossip 3
Isabel Gossip 3

Gossip Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gossop 83% 375
2 Gossip 100% 295
3 Gessop 67% 106

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The surname Gossip is the 2nd most popular variant of Gossop.

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