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 | 5 |
Buckinghamshire | 5 |
Berkshire | 7 |
Cambridgeshire | 0 |
Channel Islands | 3 |
Cheshire | 240 |
Cornwall | 0 |
Cumberland | 22 |
Derbyshire | 109 |
Devon | 19 |
Dorset | 2 |
Durham | 59 |
Essex | 23 |
Gloucestershire | 4 |
Hampshire | 32 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 6 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 5 |
Kent | 34 |
Lancashire | 7,520 |
Leicestershire | 30 |
Lincolnshire | 37 |
London | 122 |
Middlesex | 37 |
Northumberland | 14 |
Norfolk | 11 |
Northamptonshire | 6 |
Nottinghamshire | 57 |
Oxfordshire | 4 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 9 |
Suffolk | 2 |
Somerset | 11 |
Surrey | 19 |
Sussex | 33 |
Staffordshire | 338 |
Warwickshire | 34 |
Westmorland | 18 |
Wiltshire | 3 |
Worcestershire | 17 |
Yorkshire | 3,333 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 6 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 3 |
Carmarthenshire | 6 |
Denbighshire | 8 |
Flintshire | 5 |
Glamorgan | 7 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 5 |
Pembrokeshire | 1 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Cotton Weaver | 1,094 |
Living On Own Means | 161 |
Cotton C Weaver | 114 |
Cotton Winder | 99 |
Farmer | 83 |
General Labourer | 80 |
Dress Maker | 60 |
Cotton Spinner | 51 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 47 |
Scholar | 40 |
Woollen Weaver | 39 |
Stone Mason | 34 |
Cotton Card Room Hand | 33 |
General Servant Domestic | 33 |
Iron Moulder | 33 |
Butcher | 29 |
Worsted Spinner | 29 |
Tailoress | 26 |
House Keeper | 25 |
Coal Hewer | 23 |
Coal Miner | 23 |
Worsted Weaver | 22 |
Domestic Servant | 21 |
Farmer's Son | 21 |
Milliner | 20 |
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