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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 46
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 25
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 49
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 19
Middlesex 6
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland 0
Shropshire 53
Suffolk 7
Somerset 8
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 58
Warwickshire 8
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 7

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 1
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
Scholar 45
Coal Miner 10
House Servant 8
Agricultural Labourer 8
At Home 7
Labourer 6
Laundress 6
Servant 5
Weaver 4
Farm Labourer 4
House Keeper 3
Power Loom Weaver 3
General Servant 3
Cook 3
Ag Labourer 3
Earthen Wane Dealer 2
Errand Boy 2
Power Loom Weaver Cotton 2
Smith 2
Annuitant 2
Farmer Servant 2
Head Wagginer 2
Shoemaker 2
Washer Woman 2
Shepherd 2

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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