Hecton 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 10
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
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 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Hecton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hecton family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Winder 2
Apprentice Wheel Wright 1
Calico Printer 1
Cotton Warper 1
Cotton Weaver By Power 1
Drawer At Print Work 1
Female Servant 1
Independent 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hecton

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hecton 13
John Hecton 10
Sarah Hecton 8
William Hecton 8
Ellen Hecton 6
James Hecton 6
Thomas Hecton 6
Eliza Hecton 5
Elizabeth Hecton 5
Joseph Hecton 5
Alice Hecton 4
George Hecton 4
Ann Hecton 3
Charles Hecton 3
Charlotte Hecton 3
Edward Hecton 3
Emma Hecton 3
Henry Hecton 3
Albert Hecton 2
Beatrice Hecton 2
David Hecton 2
Frederick Hecton 2
Harriett Hecton 2
Isabella Hecton 2
Jane Hecton 2

Hecton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hicton 83% 268
2 Hecton 100% 161

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The surname Hecton is the 2nd most popular variant of Hicton.

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