Ife Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Derbyshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 5
London 23
Suffolk 43
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Ife Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ife family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 11
Female Servant 4
Job Master 2
Male Servant 2
Watch Maker 1
Car Gilder 1
Carter 1
Lab 1
Waiter 1
Bricklayer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ife

Name Census Frequency
John Ife 60
Charles Ife 54
George Ife 51
William Ife 51
Thomas Ife 45
Elizabeth Ife 42
Mary Ife 42
Alfred Ife 36
James Ife 36
Walter Ife 34
Eliza Ife 27
Frederick Ife 27
Sarah Ife 27
Ellen Ife 24
Emma Ife 23
Ann Ife 22
Albert Ife 20
Annie Ife 20
Edith Ife 20
Emily Ife 19
Florence Ife 18
Arthur Ife 16
Edward Ife 16
Jane Ife 16
Susan Ife 16

Ife Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fee 33% 2,618
2 Ife 100% 1,289
3 Foe 33% 340
4 Fea 33% 316
5 Faa 0% 103

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The surname Ife is the 2nd most popular variant of Fee.

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