Later 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 1
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 1
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
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 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Later Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Later family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
General Servant 2
Mason 2
Pavior 1
Farrier 1
Hooker 1
Laborer Unemployed 1
Labourer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
House Keeper 1
Porter 1
Fisherman 1
Fisherman Wife 1
Labourer & Grocer 1
Pot Thrower Taker Off 1
Nurse 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Later

Name Census Frequency
Mary Later 38
John Later 33
William Later 32
Elizabeth Later 29
Thomas Later 23
Sarah Later 19
George Later 18
Jane Later 17
Samuel Later 15
Ellen Later 13
Martha Later 12
Alice Later 11
Emma Later 10
James Later 9
Joseph Later 9
Henry Later 8
Peter Later 8
Ann Later 7
Edward Later 7
Eliza Later 7
Frederick Later 7
Maria Later 7
Charles Later 6
Margaret Later 6
Joshua Later 5

Later Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Latter 83% 7,947
2 Leater 83% 1,245
3 Luter 80% 1,185
4 Altree 33% 566
5 Later 100% 516
6 Alter 60% 296
7 Louter 67% 175
8 Latour 67% 167

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The surname Later is the 5th most popular variant of Latter.

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