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 | 1 |
Buckinghamshire | 0 |
Berkshire | 6 |
Cambridgeshire | 1 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 182 |
Cornwall | 2 |
Cumberland | 18 |
Derbyshire | 58 |
Devon | 4 |
Dorset | 5 |
Durham | 37 |
Essex | 5 |
Gloucestershire | 1 |
Hampshire | 25 |
Herefordshire | 1 |
Hertfordshire | 2 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 29 |
Lancashire | 5,863 |
Leicestershire | 32 |
Lincolnshire | 16 |
London | 93 |
Middlesex | 22 |
Northumberland | 8 |
Norfolk | 1 |
Northamptonshire | 0 |
Nottinghamshire | 33 |
Oxfordshire | 1 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 5 |
Suffolk | 0 |
Somerset | 7 |
Surrey | 11 |
Sussex | 5 |
Staffordshire | 277 |
Warwickshire | 23 |
Westmorland | 4 |
Wiltshire | 2 |
Worcestershire | 13 |
Yorkshire | 2,435 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 1 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 2 |
Glamorgan | 9 |
Merionethshire | 1 |
Montgomeryshire | 5 |
Monmouthshire | 2 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,352 |
Cotton Weaver | 1,040 |
Coal Miner | 112 |
Cotton Winder | 94 |
General Labourer | 87 |
Living On Own Means | 74 |
Farmer | 71 |
House Keeper | 62 |
Living On Her Own Means | 56 |
Cotton Spinner | 52 |
Labourer | 49 |
Dress Maker | 48 |
Domestic Servant | 43 |
Worsted Spinner | 41 |
Grocer | 39 |
Joiner | 34 |
Worsted Weaver | 32 |
Woollen Weaver | 30 |
Carter | 26 |
Stone Mason | 25 |
Clerk | 23 |
Blacksmith | 21 |
General Servant Domestic | 20 |
Weaver Cotton | 19 |
General Servant | 17 |
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