Jefferies 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 8
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 24
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 20
Devon 12
Dorset 15
Durham 1
Essex 47
Gloucestershire 405
Hampshire 33
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 7
Lancashire 10
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 171
Middlesex 13
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 19
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 41
Oxfordshire 16
Rutland 0
Shropshire 12
Suffolk 30
Somerset 133
Surrey 15
Sussex 18
Staffordshire 74
Warwickshire 45
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 314
Worcestershire 54
Yorkshire 14

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Jefferies Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jefferies family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 86
Female Servant 70
Labourer 39
Independent 34
Farmer 31
Carpenter 14
Male Servant 12
Shoe Maker 12
Coal Miner 12
Apprentice 7
Butcher 7
Pauper 6
Tailor 6
Dress Maker 6
Pupil 5
Painter 5
Plasterer 5
Blacksmith 5
Clerk 5
Cooper 4
Gardener 4
Mason 4
Cord Wainer 4
Ag Labourer 4
Sawyer 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Jefferies

Name Census Frequency
William Jefferies 1,510
Mary Jefferies 1,406
John Jefferies 1,163
Elizabeth Jefferies 963
Sarah Jefferies 885
George Jefferies 867
Thomas Jefferies 783
James Jefferies 556
Charles Jefferies 555
Henry Jefferies 524
Ann Jefferies 495
Alice Jefferies 398
Eliza Jefferies 383
Joseph Jefferies 382
Jane Jefferies 376
Annie Jefferies 366
Ellen Jefferies 361
Frederick Jefferies 351
Albert Jefferies 346
Emma Jefferies 328
Alfred Jefferies 314
Robert Jefferies 313
Emily Jefferies 310
Edward Jefferies 309
Arthur Jefferies 280

Jefferies Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jefferies 100% 25,339
2 Jeffries 89% 22,848
3 Jefferys 78% 4,487
4 Jefferis 89% 3,716
5 Jeffers 78% 2,853
6 Jeffereys 78% 988
7 Jiffers 67% 415
8 Jefferes 89% 303
9 Jeffres 78% 288
10 Jeffris 78% 237
11 Jeffories 89% 190
12 Jeffires 78% 184
13 Jafferies 89% 162
14 Jeffreis 67% 130

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