Hext 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 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 153
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 19
Surrey 8
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Hext Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hext family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 33
Agricultural Labourer 14
House Servant 7
Dress Maker 4
Carter 3
Nurse 3
Retired Farmer 3
Blacksmith 2
Agricultural Labourer's Wife 2
Farmer 2
Farmer's Son 2
Farmers Wife 2
House Keeper 2
Sawyer 2
Stone Mason 2
Butcher 2
Near Of St Veep 1
Agricultural Labourer Daughter 1
Agricultural Labourer Wife 1
Blacksmiths Wife 1
Builder & Mason 1
House Maid 1
Labourer 1
Seaman Royal Navy 1
Soldier 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hext

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hext 164
William Hext 153
Thomas Hext 131
Elizabeth Hext 119
John Hext 112
George Hext 75
James Hext 69
Sarah Hext 40
Ellen Hext 39
Richard Hext 38
Charles Hext 37
Susan Hext 36
Ann Hext 35
Henry Hext 34
Jane Hext 30
Robert Hext 27
Samuel Hext 26
Alice Hext 25
Emma Hext 23
Edward Hext 22
Albert Hext 21
Alfred Hext 20
Catherine Hext 20
Harriet Hext 20
Emily Hext 19

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