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 18
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 30
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 10
Devon 20
Dorset 19
Durham 8
Essex 78
Gloucestershire 577
Hampshire 72
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 28
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 15
Isle of Man 0
Kent 23
Lancashire 42
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 1
London 341
Middlesex 26
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 14
Oxfordshire 31
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 15
Shropshire 16
Suffolk 33
Somerset 457
Surrey 26
Sussex 29
Staffordshire 87
Warwickshire 96
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 364
Worcestershire 92
Yorkshire 34

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 4
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 3
Glamorgan 15
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 33
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Jefferies Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jefferies family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 535
Labourer 94
Agricultural Labourer 41
Dress Maker 35
Domestic Servant 29
General Servant 27
Laundress 24
Ag Labourer 19
Coal Miner 19
Shoe Maker 16
Annuitant 14
Carpenter 14
Cloth Worker 14
Coalminer 14
Tailor 13
Servant 12
Wife Of Above 11
Farm Labourer 11
Porter 10
Boot Maker 10
Cotton Weaver 10
Wife 9
Farmers Son 8
House Keeper 8
Charwoman 8

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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