Handsworth 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 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

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

Handsworth Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Handsworth family

Profession Census Frequency
Celler Man 1
General 1
Silk Ironer 1
Cowman On Farm 1
Farm Labourer 1
Assists In Stone 1
Domestic 1
Lodying Housekeeper 1
Plumber 1
Spinner 1
Officers Steward 2nd Class 1
Organ Builder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Handsworth

Name Census Frequency
John Handsworth 10
William Handsworth 10
Mary Handsworth 9
Elizabeth Handsworth 7
Emily Handsworth 7
Sarah Handsworth 7
Thomas Handsworth 7
Arthur Handsworth 5
Charles Handsworth 5
George Handsworth 5
James Handsworth 5
Joseph Handsworth 4
Lucy Handsworth 4
Agnes Handsworth 3
Ann Handsworth 3
Charlotte Handsworth 3
Edith Handsworth 3
Edward Handsworth 3
Ellen Handsworth 3
Ada Handsworth 2
Martha Handsworth 2
Percy Handsworth 2
Richard Handsworth 2
Robert Handsworth 2
Ruben Handsworth 2

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