Jelks 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 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 9
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Jelks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jelks family

Profession Census Frequency
Clerk Army & Navy Stores 1
Ruche Lamp Embroiderer 1
Teacher Of Pianoforte 1
Book Keeper Wine Merchant 1
Scholar 1
Gold Watch Case Maker 1
Railway Labourer Stone Breaker 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Jelks

Name Census Frequency
John Jelks 11
Mary Jelks 8
Henry Jelks 7
Joseph Jelks 7
William Jelks 6
Alfred Jelks 5
Annie Jelks 5
Thomas Jelks 5
Elizabeth Jelks 4
Isabella Jelks 4
Rachel Jelks 4
Rose Jelks 4
Charlotte Jelks 3
Ellen Jelks 3
Rebecca Jelks 3
Sarah Jelks 3
Catherine Jelks 2
Eddie Jelks 2
Ethel Jelks 2
Fanny Jelks 2
Frank Jelks 2
George Jelks 2
Grace Jelks 2
Helen Jelks 2
Kate Jelks 2

Jelks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jilks 80% 156
2 Jelks 100% 143

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The surname Jelks is the 2nd most popular variant of Jilks.

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