Jest 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 0
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 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 6
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Jest Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jest family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Waterman 3
Scholar 2
Deal Porter 1
General Servant 1
Sawyer 1
Waitress Inn Servant 1
Apprentice To Tailor 1
General Domestic Servant 1
General Labourer 1
Laundry Maid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Jest

Name Census Frequency
John Jest 11
William Jest 10
Frederick Jest 9
James Jest 8
Elizabeth Jest 7
George Jest 7
Mary Jest 7
Alexander Jest 5
Alfred Jest 5
Arthur Jest 5
Charles Jest 5
Esther Jest 5
Francis Jest 5
Louisa Jest 5
Edith Jest 4
Frances Jest 4
Henry Jest 4
Sarah Jest 4
Charlotte Jest 3
Edward Jest 3
Eliza Jest 3
Isabella Jest 3
Julia Jest 3
Lucy Jest 3
Walter Jest 3

Jest Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Just 75% 1,712
2 Gest 75% 679
3 Jest 100% 183
4 Jost 75% 145

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The surname Jest is the 3rd most popular variant of Just.

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