Helps 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 37
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 2
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 9
Lincolnshire 0
London 86
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 139
Surrey 5
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 130
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Helps Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Helps family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 51
Agricultural Labourer 23
House Servant 14
At Home 11
Labourer 10
Laundress 6
Ag Lab 6
Servant 6
Annuitant 5
Dress Maker 5
General Servant 4
Mason 4
Pauper 4
Agricultural Labourer Wife 4
Gentleman 3
Gardener 3
Butcher 3
Ag Labourer 3
Hand Loom Weaver 3
Agricultural Labourer Daughter 2
Agricultural Labourer Son 2
Brewers Labourer 2
Farm Servant 2
Masons Wife 2
Quiller 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Helps

Name Census Frequency
William Helps 308
Mary Helps 253
John Helps 218
James Helps 188
Elizabeth Helps 162
Sarah Helps 162
Charles Helps 144
George Helps 137
Thomas Helps 119
Henry Helps 99
Ann Helps 90
Joseph Helps 89
Arthur Helps 88
Jane Helps 85
Emma Helps 79
Ellen Helps 74
Emily Helps 73
Eliza Helps 68
Frederick Helps 68
Albert Helps 58
Louisa Helps 54
Martha Helps 54
Alice Helps 53
Edward Helps 48
Walter Helps 46

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