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 15
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 196
Dorset 2
Durham 4
Essex 14
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 16
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 11
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 31
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hext Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hext family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 66
Farm Labourer 9
Agricultural Labourer 7
Labourer 5
Farm Servant 4
Stone Mason 4
Coal Miner 3
Domestic Servant 3
Retired Farmer 3
Charwoman 2
Dress Maker 2
Annuitant 2
Railway Clerk 2
Black Smith 2
Cook Domestic Servant 2
Farm Servant Indoor 2
Farmer 2
General Servant 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Mason 2
Stay Maker 2
Stone Quarry Labourer 2
Glover 2
Wheelwright 1
Widow Of Retired Builder 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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