Kensley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Derbyshire 1
Essex 4
Hampshire 3
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 6
Lancashire 6
Lincolnshire 1
London 6
Nottinghamshire 1
Yorkshire 2
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Leicestershire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Kensley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kensley family

Profession Census Frequency
Fisherman 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Labourer 2
Independent 1
Joiner 1
Music Printer 1
Porter 1
Private 1
Frame Work Knitter 1
Miller 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kensley

Name Census Frequency
William Kensley 34
Elizabeth Kensley 28
Mary Kensley 28
John Kensley 27
George Kensley 24
Thomas Kensley 17
Sarah Kensley 15
James Kensley 13
Alice Kensley 11
Ann Kensley 11
Emily Kensley 10
Henry Kensley 9
Annie Kensley 8
Edward Kensley 8
Jane Kensley 8
Samuel Kensley 8
Alfred Kensley 7
Charles Kensley 7
Joseph Kensley 7
Albert Kensley 6
Hannah Kensley 6
Margaret Kensley 6
Ada Kensley 5
Eliza Kensley 5
Emma Kensley 5

Kensley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kinsley 86% 2,764
2 Kensley 100% 497

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The surname Kensley is the 2nd most popular variant of Kinsley.

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