Knife 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 6
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 17
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 12
Lancashire 31
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 53
London 43
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 13

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 17
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Knife Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Knife family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 29
Agricultural Labourer 9
Domestic Servant 5
Labourer 4
Annuitant 3
Cook 2
Daughter 2
Coal Miner 2
Lady 2
House Keeper 2
Bricklayer 2
General Servant 2
Farmer 2
Clark 1
Groom 1
Wool Broker 1
Baker Journeyman 1
Carman 1
Clergymans Wife 1
Com Clerk 1
Fishmonger 1
Footman Domestic Serv 1
Laundress 1
Mangle 1
Needlewoman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Knife

Name Census Frequency
William Knife 144
Mary Knife 112
John Knife 93
Thomas Knife 75
Sarah Knife 67
James Knife 66
George Knife 58
Elizabeth Knife 57
Jane Knife 56
Charles Knife 48
Ann Knife 40
Joseph Knife 37
Ellen Knife 29
Robert Knife 29
Hannah Knife 25
Margaret Knife 24
Henry Knife 23
Edward Knife 22
Eliza Knife 22
Emily Knife 22
Emma Knife 22
Maria Knife 22
Alice Knife 21
Frederick Knife 21
Frances Knife 20

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