Kes 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 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 6
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 7
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

Kes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Wheelwright 2
Pauper 1
Charwoman 1
No Occupation 1
Porter On Great Western Railway 1
Domestic Servant 1
Shoe Maker 1
House Keeper 1
Rector Of Wolverhampton St Peters 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
House Servant 1
Iron Factory Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kes

Name Census Frequency
Mary Kes 17
Elizabeth Kes 8
George Kes 7
Samuel Kes 6
William Kes 6
Eliza Kes 5
John Kes 5
Thomas Kes 5
Ann Kes 4
Francis Kes 4
Robert Kes 4
Sarah Kes 4
Ellen Kes 3
Emma Kes 3
Henry Kes 3
Martha Kes 3
Alice Kes 2
Arthur Kes 2
Bessie Kes 2
Caroline Kes 2
Charles Kes 2
Charlotte Kes 2
Clara Kes 2
Daniel Kes 2
Edward Kes 2

Kes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Oakes 60% 30,650
2 Oaks 25% 3,486
3 Kees 75% 638
4 Okes 75% 210
5 Kes 100% 155
6 Kess 75% 114

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The surname Kes is the 5th most popular variant of Oakes.

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