Gought 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 1
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 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
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

Gought Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gought family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 3
Domestic (cook) 1
Cotton Roving Frame Doffer 1
Betweenmaid (domestic) 1
Housemaid (domestic) 1
Genaral Servant Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gought

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gought 24
William Gought 20
John Gought 19
James Gought 18
Henry Gought 13
Elizabeth Gought 12
Thomas Gought 12
Sarah Gought 10
Ann Gought 9
Eliza Gought 7
Margaret Gought 7
Charles Gought 6
Emily Gought 6
George Gought 6
Edward Gought 5
Ellen Gought 5
Frederick Gought 5
Richard Gought 5
Annie Gought 3
Emma Gought 3
Florence Gought 3
Frank Gought 3
Louisa Gought 3
Maud Gought 3
Walter Gought 3

Gought Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gaut 50% 722
2 Gought 100% 319
3 Gaught 83% 260

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The surname Gought is the 2nd most popular variant of Gaut.

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