Guernsey 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 3
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
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

Guernsey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Guernsey family

Profession Census Frequency
Housekeeper Domestic 1
Iron Turner Fitter 1
Student No Occupation 1
Grocer Porter 1
Wash Laundress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Guernsey

Name Census Frequency
William Guernsey 11
Elizabeth Guernsey 8
George Guernsey 8
Mary Guernsey 8
James Guernsey 6
Celia Guernsey 5
Florence Guernsey 5
Joseph Guernsey 5
Louisa Guernsey 5
Sarah Guernsey 5
Ann Guernsey 4
Charles Guernsey 4
Emma Guernsey 4
Eliza Guernsey 3
Emily Guernsey 3
Gertrude Guernsey 3
Herbert Guernsey 3
John Guernsey 3
Maria Guernsey 3
Samuel Guernsey 3
Alfred Guernsey 2
Arthur Guernsey 2
Beatrice Guernsey 2
Edward Guernsey 2
Ellen Guernsey 2

Guernsey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Garnsey 75% 616
2 Grunsey 63% 422
3 Gurnsey 88% 298
4 Guernsey 100% 150

Did you know?

The surname Guernsey is the 4th most popular variant of Garnsey.

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