Keeping 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 4
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 64
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 113
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 35
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 30
Surrey 11
Sussex 31
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
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

Keeping Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Keeping family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 29
Male Servant 8
Independent 7
Female Servant 6
Carpenter 4
Shoe Maker 4
Farmer 2
Miller 2
Yeoman 2
Gardener 2
Son 2
Labourer 2
Wool Carder 2
Home Painter 2
Butcher 1
Jerneyman Shoemaker 1
Railway Officer 1
Sweep 1
F Painter 1
Plumber 1
Porter 1
Baker 1
Weaver 1
Wool Picker 1
Brewer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Keeping

Name Census Frequency
John Keeping 249
William Keeping 212
George Keeping 207
Mary Keeping 177
James Keeping 163
Elizabeth Keeping 160
Charles Keeping 135
Sarah Keeping 134
Henry Keeping 91
Thomas Keeping 91
Eliza Keeping 78
Joseph Keeping 77
Jane Keeping 74
Ellen Keeping 69
Emma Keeping 68
Alfred Keeping 67
Ann Keeping 65
Frederick Keeping 59
Alice Keeping 57
Arthur Keeping 57
Robert Keeping 53
Richard Keeping 49
Emily Keeping 47
Edward Keeping 46
Annie Keeping 45

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