Henson Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 7
Buckinghamshire 41
Berkshire 21
Cambridgeshire 44
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 71
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 29
Derbyshire 169
Devon 59
Dorset 5
Durham 106
Essex 73
Gloucestershire 47
Hampshire 37
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 11
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 46
Isle of Man 6
Kent 76
Lancashire 273
Leicestershire 320
Lincolnshire 141
London 420
Middlesex 61
Northumberland 53
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 312
Nottinghamshire 523
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 46
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 13
Somerset 30
Surrey 59
Sussex 101
Staffordshire 114
Warwickshire 141
Westmorland 3
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 25
Yorkshire 422

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 28
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 10
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 1

Henson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Henson family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 670
Agricultural Labourer 72
General Labourer 54
Coal Miner 53
Labourer 36
Dress Maker 34
Farm Labourer 32
General Servant Domestic 28
Domestic Servant 27
Living On Her Own Means 21
Farmer 20
Living On Own Means 20
General Servant 16
Cotton Weaver 16
Carpenter 15
Laundress 13
Lace Maker 12
House Keeper 11
Dressmaker 11
Frame Work Knitter 11
Tailoress 10
Groom 10
Butcher 10
General Domestic Servant 9
Brick Layer 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Henson

Name Census Frequency
William Henson 1,973
Mary Henson 1,722
John Henson 1,560
Elizabeth Henson 1,148
Thomas Henson 1,121
Sarah Henson 1,002
George Henson 892
Ann Henson 693
James Henson 608
Henry Henson 555
Eliza Henson 510
Charles Henson 487
Joseph Henson 435
Jane Henson 413
Annie Henson 381
Emma Henson 352
Samuel Henson 348
Arthur Henson 337
Robert Henson 323
Alice Henson 297
Ellen Henson 292
Hannah Henson 275
Frederick Henson 268
Edward Henson 249
Albert Henson 234

Henson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hanson 83% 68,020
2 Henson 100% 26,942
3 Hinson 83% 6,395
4 Hansen 67% 3,102
5 Honson 83% 1,168
6 Hanison 71% 1,002
7 Heenson 86% 388
8 Hunson 83% 351
9 Hainson 71% 303
10 Hounson 71% 226
11 Hineson 71% 140
12 Henison 86% 116

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The surname Henson is the 2nd most popular variant of Hanson.

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