Limerick 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 6
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 23
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
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

Limerick Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Limerick family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Blockmakers App 2
Female Servant 1
Bricklayer 1
Carpenter 1
Carver 1
Coach M J 1
Pauper School Boy 1
Cord Wainer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Limerick

Name Census Frequency
William Limerick 30
John Limerick 29
Mary Limerick 25
Sarah Limerick 24
James Limerick 19
Elizabeth Limerick 15
Ellen Limerick 13
Thomas Limerick 13
George Limerick 12
Joseph Limerick 11
Francis Limerick 9
Robert Limerick 9
Ann Limerick 8
Annie Limerick 8
Catherine Limerick 7
Eliza Limerick 7
Frank Limerick 7
Henry Limerick 7
Richard Limerick 7
Alice Limerick 6
Arthur Limerick 6
Charles Limerick 6
Jane Limerick 6
Emma Limerick 5
Emily Limerick 4

Limerick Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Limerick 100% 442
2 Limrick 88% 122

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The surname Limerick is the most popular version of all its varients

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