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

Wales

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

Himber Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Himber family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Labourer 2
Scholar 2
Blacksmiths Wife 1
Grimmer 1
Gardener 1
Hawker 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Milliner 1
Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Himber

Name Census Frequency
William Himber 17
Henry Himber 15
Mary Himber 13
Charles Himber 12
John Himber 12
Ann Himber 9
James Himber 9
Elizabeth Himber 8
George Himber 8
Thomas Himber 8
Jane Himber 7
Emma Himber 6
Annie Himber 5
Charlotte Himber 5
Ellen Himber 5
Alice Himber 4
Harry Himber 4
Joseph Himber 4
Sarah Himber 4
Susan Himber 4
Anne Himber 3
Edward Himber 3
Eleanor Himber 3
Fanny Himber 3
Harriet Himber 3

Himber Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Humber 83% 4,077
2 Hamber 83% 569
3 Hember 83% 370
4 Himber 100% 252
5 Hembro 50% 123
6 Hambro 50% 107

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The surname Himber is the 4th most popular variant of Humber.

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