Joan 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 2
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 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Joan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Joan family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Winder 1
Domestic Servant 1
Scholar 1
Labourer In Iron Works 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Joan

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Joan 10
William Joan 10
John Joan 7
Edward Joan 6
Mary Joan 6
Emily Joan 5
George Joan 5
Thomas Joan 5
Florence Joan 4
Hannah Joan 4
James Joan 4
Jane Joan 4
Martha Joan 4
Alfred Joan 3
Alice Joan 3
Amy Joan 3
Ann Joan 3
Arthur Joan 3
Francis Joan 3
Henry Joan 3
Joseph Joan 3
Annie Joan 2
Catherine Joan 2
Eliza Joan 2
Emma Joan 2

Joan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jane 50% 20,124
2 Jone 50% 5,118
3 Jean 75% 1,135
4 June 25% 803
5 Jeune 40% 456
6 Jon 75% 424
7 Jeane 60% 268
8 Jaine 40% 229
9 Jun 50% 224
10 Joan 100% 175
11 Jan 75% 147
12 Jain 50% 134
13 Join 75% 126

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The surname Joan is the 10th most popular variant of Jane.

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