Heard Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 11
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 22
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 39
Cornwall 361
Cumberland 17
Derbyshire 12
Devon 679
Dorset 8
Durham 29
Essex 454
Gloucestershire 62
Hampshire 53
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 43
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 83
Lancashire 181
Leicestershire 49
Lincolnshire 19
London 692
Middlesex 63
Northumberland 26
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 91
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 45
Somerset 122
Surrey 30
Sussex 22
Staffordshire 15
Warwickshire 59
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 21
Yorkshire 116

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 23
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 126
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 41
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Heard Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heard family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 619
Agricultural Labourer 55
Farmer 42
Dress Maker 41
Domestic Servant 34
General Labourer 33
General Servant 27
Carpenter 26
Living On Her Own Means 25
Living On Own Means 25
Coal Miner 25
Labourer 24
Farm Servant 21
Mason 17
Blacksmith 16
General Servant Domestic 16
Cook Domestic Servant 15
Farm Labourer 15
Dressmaker 13
Farmers Son 12
Gardener 11
General Domestic Servant 11
Cotton Weaver 11
Clerk 10
Shoe Maker 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Heard

Name Census Frequency
William Heard 1,893
Mary Heard 1,517
John Heard 1,454
Elizabeth Heard 1,127
Thomas Heard 825
George Heard 679
Sarah Heard 652
James Heard 617
Henry Heard 504
Ann Heard 492
Charles Heard 488
Richard Heard 486
Jane Heard 452
Eliza Heard 353
Ellen Heard 332
Emily Heard 326
Alice Heard 313
Frederick Heard 308
Robert Heard 304
Emma Heard 302
Joseph Heard 282
Annie Heard 269
Samuel Heard 259
Edward Heard 258
Albert Heard 253

Heard Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Heard 100% 24,345
2 Hird 60% 15,007
3 Hard 80% 12,824
4 Hurd 60% 7,736
5 Herd 80% 7,574
6 Hardie 50% 4,577
7 Hord 60% 3,449
8 Herod 60% 2,296
9 Hourd 60% 887
10 Hoard 80% 507
11 Haard 80% 380
12 Horde 40% 340
13 Haird 60% 324
14 Hardee 50% 248
15 Huard 80% 247
16 Ohard 60% 195
17 Harde 60% 185
18 Harod 60% 123
19 Houard 67% 113
20 Horide 33% 111

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The surname Heard is the most popular version of all its varients

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