Hargreaves Name Meaning: An Old English name thought to have derived from a word meaning 'grey' or 'hare', 'thicket' or 'grove'.
A locational name which may have been taken from a place name or been given to someone of lived in a 'thicket' or 'grove'.
Discover how your Hargreaves ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 18 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 0 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 177 |
Cornwall | 0 |
Cumberland | 9 |
Derbyshire | 67 |
Devon | 1 |
Dorset | 1 |
Durham | 7 |
Essex | 6 |
Gloucestershire | 3 |
Hampshire | 16 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 3 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 5 |
Kent | 11 |
Lancashire | 5,965 |
Leicestershire | 6 |
Lincolnshire | 15 |
London | 48 |
Middlesex | 20 |
Northumberland | 6 |
Norfolk | 9 |
Northamptonshire | 0 |
Nottinghamshire | 21 |
Oxfordshire | 1 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 13 |
Suffolk | 0 |
Somerset | 1 |
Surrey | 13 |
Sussex | 15 |
Staffordshire | 213 |
Warwickshire | 18 |
Westmorland | 27 |
Wiltshire | 1 |
Worcestershire | 13 |
Yorkshire | 2,648 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 10 |
Glamorgan | 5 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 0 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,442 |
Cotton Weaver | 796 |
House Keeper | 151 |
Coal Miner | 109 |
Labourer | 97 |
Cotton Winder | 70 |
Woollen Weaver | 64 |
Worsted Weaver | 62 |
Cotton Spinner | 59 |
Stone Mason | 45 |
Dress Maker | 44 |
Grocer | 43 |
Joiner | 40 |
Weaver | 39 |
Wife Of Above | 39 |
Domestic Servant | 37 |
Annuitant | 35 |
Weaver Cotton | 32 |
Farmers Wife | 30 |
Carter | 29 |
Worsted Spinner | 29 |
Agricultural Labourer | 28 |
Butcher | 27 |
Blacksmith | 27 |
Cotton Warper | 27 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Hargreaves | 5,762 |
John Hargreaves | 5,520 |
James Hargreaves | 3,983 |
William Hargreaves | 3,859 |
Elizabeth Hargreaves | 3,385 |
Sarah Hargreaves | 2,924 |
Thomas Hargreaves | 2,819 |
George Hargreaves | 1,872 |
Ann Hargreaves | 1,832 |
Alice Hargreaves | 1,764 |
Jane Hargreaves | 1,759 |
Joseph Hargreaves | 1,671 |
Henry Hargreaves | 1,586 |
Margaret Hargreaves | 1,479 |
Ellen Hargreaves | 1,377 |
Robert Hargreaves | 1,360 |
Richard Hargreaves | 1,163 |
Hannah Hargreaves | 1,137 |
Martha Hargreaves | 1,038 |
Annie Hargreaves | 991 |
Emma Hargreaves | 711 |
Samuel Hargreaves | 628 |
Charles Hargreaves | 608 |
Eliza Hargreaves | 603 |
Harry Hargreaves | 569 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Hargreaves | 100% | 77,269 |
2 | Hargraves | 90% | 12,781 |
3 | Hargreves | 90% | 1,121 |
4 | Heargreaves | 91% | 350 |
5 | Hargroves | 80% | 265 |
The surname Hargreaves is the most popular version of all its varients