Heargreaves Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 31
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 21

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Heargreaves Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heargreaves family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 10
Coal Miner 5
Steam Loom Weaver 3
General Servant 2
Cotton Rover 2
House Proprietor 2
Boatman 2
Annuitant 1
Bobin Winder 1
Book Keeper 1
Cotton Manufacture Apprentice 35 Hands 1
Cotton Puern 1
Cotton Winder 1
Dress Maker 1
Farmer 13 Acres 1
Heald Rivetter 1
Labourer Print Works 1
Miller Of Cotton 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Bread Maker 1
Coal Miner's Wife 1
House Wife 1
House Work 1
Mill Hand 1
Stone Getter & Quarry Man 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Heargreaves

Name Census Frequency
John Heargreaves 29
Mary Heargreaves 26
Elizabeth Heargreaves 23
James Heargreaves 20
William Heargreaves 19
Sarah Heargreaves 18
Thomas Heargreaves 14
Alice Heargreaves 10
Hannah Heargreaves 9
Henry Heargreaves 9
Ann Heargreaves 8
Jane Heargreaves 8
Margaret Heargreaves 8
Ellen Heargreaves 7
Emma Heargreaves 7
Robert Heargreaves 7
George Heargreaves 6
Catherine Heargreaves 5
Joseph Heargreaves 5
Annie Heargreaves 4
Charles Heargreaves 4
Eliza Heargreaves 4
Martha Heargreaves 4
Agnes Heargreaves 3
Bridget Heargreaves 3

Heargreaves Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hargreaves 91% 77,269
2 Hargraves 82% 12,781
3 Hargreves 82% 1,121
4 Heargreaves 100% 350
5 Hargroves 73% 265

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The surname Heargreaves is the 4th most popular variant of Hargreaves.

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