Half 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 10

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

Half Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Half family

Profession Census Frequency
Blacksmith 2
Scholar 2
Servant 1
Labourer 1
Beggar 1
Waggoner 1
Butcher 1
Errand Boy 1
Grocer Shopman 1
Semstress 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Journeyman Bolt Maker 1
Cotton Carder 1
Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Half

Name Census Frequency
John Half 18
Elizabeth Half 16
William Half 16
Mary Half 14
George Half 10
James Half 10
Henry Half 9
Sarah Half 9
Thomas Half 9
Ann Half 7
Richard Half 7
Arthur Half 6
Hannah Half 6
Jane Half 6
Joseph Half 6
Emily Half 5
Emma Half 5
Alfred Half 4
Alice Half 4
Annie Half 4
Edward Half 4
Louisa Half 4
Martha Half 4
Robert Half 4
Agnes Half 3

Half Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Half 100% 308
2 Holf 75% 218
3 Hulf 75% 133
4 Haff 75% 126

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The surname Half is the most popular version of all its varients

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