Held Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Held Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Held family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Tailor 2
Tailoress 2
Watch Maker 2
Laundry Maid Domestic Servant 2
Butchers Assistant 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Metal Merchant 1
Watch & Clock Maker 1
Painter Unemployed 1
Shoddy Merchant Cloth Dealer 1
Corn Dealer 1
Draper 1
General Labourer 1
Architects Pupil Art 1
Commercial Traveller Printing Tenter 1
Cook Domestic Servant 1
Iron Roller Station 1
Milliner & Dress Maker 1
Nut & Bolt Maker Unemployed 1
Smith Carriage Works Railway 1
Exchange Officer Of The Army 1
Professor Of Languages 1
Cook Domestic 1

Held Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Heald 80% 13,374
2 Hold 75% 2,904
3 Held 100% 890
4 Hield 80% 392
5 Hould 60% 352
6 Hild 75% 330
7 Hilda 60% 284
8 Hilde 60% 167
9 Heild 80% 152
10 Hald 75% 142

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The surname Held is the 3rd most popular variant of Heald.

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