Hurn 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 3
Berkshire 21
Cambridgeshire 11
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 4
Dorset 1
Durham 16
Essex 7
Gloucestershire 54
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 14
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 17
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 12
London 92
Middlesex 7
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 244
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 22
Somerset 13
Surrey 13
Sussex 12
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 21
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 64
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 16

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 22
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 46
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hurn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hurn family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 11
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 8
Living On Own Means 8
General Servant Domestic 7
Farmer 7
Cook Domestic 6
Scholar 6
Dress Maker 5
Coal Hewer 5
Agricultural Labourer 4
Carpenter 4
At School 3
Commercial Clerk 3
Police Constable 3
Timber Merchant 3
Bricklayer Labourer 3
Butcher 3
Charwoman 3
Farm Labourer 3
Retired Agricultural Labourer 3
School 3
Fisherman 2
House Keeper Domestic 2
Housemaid Domestic 2
Bricklayer 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Hurn

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hurn 302
William Hurn 272
John Hurn 235
Elizabeth Hurn 213
James Hurn 200
Thomas Hurn 171
George Hurn 156
Sarah Hurn 133
Henry Hurn 127
Robert Hurn 121
Charles Hurn 119
Ann Hurn 98
Frederick Hurn 78
Jane Hurn 78
Arthur Hurn 77
Edward Hurn 70
Hannah Hurn 63
Alice Hurn 62
Emma Hurn 57
Eliza Hurn 56
Alfred Hurn 54
Annie Hurn 52
Albert Hurn 46
Walter Hurn 46
Martha Hurn 44

Hurn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Horn 75% 42,790
2 Horne 60% 38,395
3 Hearn 60% 26,780
4 Heron 60% 11,919
5 Hearne 50% 7,701
6 Horan 60% 6,750
7 Hurn 100% 4,960
8 Hern 75% 4,894
9 Harn 75% 3,451
10 Herne 60% 3,093
11 Ahern 60% 2,307
12 Hiron 60% 1,944
13 Harne 60% 1,529
14 Hurne 80% 1,492
15 Ahearn 50% 607
16 Haran 60% 565
17 Haron 60% 552
18 Heiron 50% 397
19 Aherne 50% 321
20 Hearon 50% 252
21 Hiern 60% 229
22 Horian 50% 168
23 Horon 60% 138
24 Horen 60% 137
25 Haren 60% 134
26 Ahearne 43% 129
27 Heran 60% 128
28 Hourne 67% 121
29 Heren 60% 110
30 Hoarn 60% 105
31 Herin 60% 102
32 Hurine 67% 100

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The surname Hurn is the 7th most popular variant of Horn.

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