Lemb 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 13
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Lemb Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lemb family

Profession Census Frequency
At Home 3
Cottager 1
Farmer Of 82 Acres Employing 1 Labourer 1
Farmer's Sister 1
Scholar 1
Shoe Maker 1
Shop Keeper 1
Upholstress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lemb

Name Census Frequency
William Lemb 9
Elizabeth Lemb 8
John Lemb 8
Thomas Lemb 8
Joseph Lemb 5
Annie Lemb 4
James Lemb 4
George Lemb 3
Mary Lemb 3
Alice Lemb 2
Catherine Lemb 2
Charles Lemb 2
Charlotte Lemb 2
Harriet Lemb 2
Jane Lemb 2
Stephen Lemb 2
Ada Lemb 1
Alma Lemb 1
Daniel Lemb 1
Eliza Lemb 1
Emma Lemb 1
Engenie Lemb 1
Ernest Lemb 1
Florence Lemb 1
Francis Lemb 1

Lemb Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lamb 75% 92,615
2 Lumb 75% 19,352
3 Limb 75% 4,949
4 Lambe 60% 2,765
5 Lambie 50% 376
6 Lemm 75% 351
7 Loombe 50% 149
8 Lem 75% 142
9 Lemb 100% 101

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The surname Lemb is the 9th most popular variant of Lamb.

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