Hirst Name Meaning: Taken from the Anglo-Saxon word 'hyrst' meaning 'wooded hill' or 'thicket'.
A name given to someone who lived near or in a thicket or wood.
Discover how your Hirst ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 4 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 0 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 27 |
Cornwall | 7 |
Cumberland | 2 |
Derbyshire | 62 |
Devon | 17 |
Dorset | 10 |
Durham | 50 |
Essex | 10 |
Gloucestershire | 5 |
Hampshire | 9 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 1 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 20 |
Lancashire | 554 |
Leicestershire | 12 |
Lincolnshire | 32 |
London | 99 |
Middlesex | 9 |
Northumberland | 5 |
Norfolk | 4 |
Northamptonshire | 2 |
Nottinghamshire | 78 |
Oxfordshire | 0 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 2 |
Suffolk | 18 |
Somerset | 2 |
Surrey | 2 |
Sussex | 27 |
Staffordshire | 25 |
Warwickshire | 11 |
Westmorland | 7 |
Wiltshire | 0 |
Worcestershire | 11 |
Yorkshire | 5,672 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 2 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 6 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 8 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 0 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,089 |
Woollen Weaver | 137 |
Coal Miner | 99 |
House Keeper | 64 |
Dress Maker | 55 |
Cotton Weaver | 54 |
Agricultural Labourer | 50 |
Stone Mason | 40 |
Woolen Weaver | 39 |
House Servant | 35 |
Worsted Weaver | 34 |
Woollen Spinner | 30 |
Servant | 28 |
Carter | 26 |
Worsted Spinner | 26 |
Cotton Piecer | 25 |
Woollen Cloth Weaver | 24 |
General Servant | 23 |
Grocer | 23 |
Fancy Weaver | 23 |
Wool Weaver | 23 |
Cotton Winder | 22 |
Labourer | 19 |
At Home | 19 |
Woollen Winder | 17 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Hirst | 4,875 |
John Hirst | 4,022 |
William Hirst | 2,933 |
Sarah Hirst | 2,846 |
George Hirst | 2,327 |
Elizabeth Hirst | 2,275 |
Joseph Hirst | 1,866 |
Thomas Hirst | 1,774 |
James Hirst | 1,762 |
Hannah Hirst | 1,640 |
Ann Hirst | 1,579 |
Annie Hirst | 1,127 |
Henry Hirst | 1,067 |
Martha Hirst | 1,066 |
Jane Hirst | 1,055 |
Emma Hirst | 1,031 |
Charles Hirst | 1,024 |
Alice Hirst | 898 |
Ellen Hirst | 811 |
Arthur Hirst | 716 |
Eliza Hirst | 697 |
Samuel Hirst | 601 |
Harry Hirst | 573 |
Fred Hirst | 566 |
Emily Hirst | 562 |