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 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 41
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 25

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 23
Cotton Weaver 6
Farmer Servant Indoor 2
Potter 2
Farmers Son 2
Land Owner 1
Wesleyan Minister 1
Beer House Keeper 1
Calico Finisher 1
Cook 1
Cotton Winder 1
Frame Labourer 1
France Tenter Cotton Mill 1
Gardener 1
General Servant Indoor 1
Housekeeper 1
Housemaid 1
Labourer 1
Millwright 1
Printers To Millwright 1
Winder 1
Boiler Maker 1
Brick Maker 1
Coal Miner 1
Farmer Of 240 Acres 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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