Harnet Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 4
Derbyshire 2
Glamorgan 1
Hampshire 2
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 7
Lincolnshire 1
London 15
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 1
Nottinghamshire 2
Somerset 1
Sussex 1
Warwickshire 1
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 2
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Gloucestershire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Leicestershire 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
Staffordshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0

Harnet Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Harnet family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 5
Agricultural Labourer 4
Laundress 1
Paper Maker 1
Male Servant 1
Dyer 1
Independent 1
Silk Marker 1
Farmer 1
Boot Closer 1
Cabman 1
Map Maker 1
Student 1
Silver Smith 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Harnet

Name Census Frequency
Mary Harnet 29
William Harnet 28
John Harnet 23
Elizabeth Harnet 20
James Harnet 17
George Harnet 15
Henry Harnet 10
Jane Harnet 10
Margaret Harnet 10
Thomas Harnet 10
Eliza Harnet 8
Sarah Harnet 8
Catherine Harnet 7
Edward Harnet 7
Martha Harnet 7
Joseph Harnet 6
Ann Harnet 5
Annie Harnet 5
Hannah Harnet 5
Anne Harnet 4
Arthur Harnet 4
Benjamin Harnet 4
Charles Harnet 4
Charlotte Harnet 4
Frederick Harnet 4

Harnet Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Harnett 86% 5,463
2 Harnet 100% 380
3 Hornet 83% 275

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The surname Harnet is the 2nd most popular variant of Harnett.

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