Hamlet 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 47
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 20
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 117
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 38
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland 0
Shropshire 67
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 55
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hamlet Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hamlet family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 24
Female Servant 18
Male Servant 9
Labourer 8
Independent 7
Weaver 5
Silk Weaver 4
Shoe Maker 4
Smith 3
Brick Layer 2
Hand Loom Weaver 2
Joiner 2
Apprentice Plasterer 2
Blacksmith 2
Chain Forger 2
Pilot 2
Tailor 2
Warper 2
Dressmaker 1
Goldsmith 1
Haberdasher 1
Mariner 1
Monthly Nurse 1
Paitner 1
Watchmaker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hamlet

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hamlet 238
John Hamlet 234
William Hamlet 215
Elizabeth Hamlet 156
George Hamlet 139
Thomas Hamlet 135
Sarah Hamlet 128
James Hamlet 116
Ann Hamlet 87
Richard Hamlet 77
Henry Hamlet 76
Charles Hamlet 67
Joseph Hamlet 63
Martha Hamlet 59
Emma Hamlet 54
Eliza Hamlet 53
Alice Hamlet 52
Hannah Hamlet 51
Samuel Hamlet 46
Ellen Hamlet 45
Jane Hamlet 45
Annie Hamlet 40
Margaret Hamlet 37
Emily Hamlet 34
Albert Hamlet 32

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