Lines Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 87
Buckinghamshire 75
Berkshire 31
Cambridgeshire 40
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 34
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 8
Devon 26
Dorset 1
Durham 111
Essex 243
Gloucestershire 90
Hampshire 65
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 172
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 22
Isle of Man 0
Kent 108
Lancashire 146
Leicestershire 204
Lincolnshire 10
London 627
Middlesex 277
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 185
Northamptonshire 224
Nottinghamshire 40
Oxfordshire 160
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 22
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 111
Somerset 38
Surrey 115
Sussex 30
Staffordshire 183
Warwickshire 669
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 24
Worcestershire 91
Yorkshire 126

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 6
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 26
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 16
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Lines Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lines family

Profession Census Frequency
School 419
Farm Labourer 54
General Labourer 38
Labourer 32
General Servant (domestic) 22
None 22
Private Means 21
Domestic Servant 20
Scholar 17
Farmer 16
Blacksmith 16
Dressmaker 15
Cook 15
Dress Maker 15
At Home 15
Assisting In The Business 14
Carpenter 14
At School 14
Assisting In Business 13
Clerk 13
General Servant Domestic 13
Housemaid (domestic) 13
Housekeeper 12
House Keeper 11
Bricklayer 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Lines

Name Census Frequency
William Lines 1,622
Mary Lines 1,444
John Lines 1,304
Elizabeth Lines 946
George Lines 872
Sarah Lines 840
Thomas Lines 741
James Lines 548
Ann Lines 499
Henry Lines 470
Charles Lines 457
Emma Lines 417
Eliza Lines 349
Edward Lines 340
Joseph Lines 321
Alice Lines 312
Ellen Lines 302
Jane Lines 298
Frederick Lines 277
Annie Lines 268
Alfred Lines 260
Samuel Lines 252
Emily Lines 250
Robert Lines 247
Albert Lines 245

Lines Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lines 100% 22,760
2 Lynes 80% 6,315
3 Lanes 80% 2,855
4 Lones 80% 1,705
5 Lions 60% 797
6 Leans 40% 446
7 Lyness 67% 394
8 Lans 60% 331
9 Lins 80% 283
10 Elins 60% 245
11 Loines 83% 242
12 Lenis 60% 239
13 Elens 40% 179
14 Lens 60% 164
15 Leins 60% 136
16 Luns 60% 132
17 Laines 83% 131
18 Loans 40% 129
19 Loanes 67% 120
20 Lons 60% 105

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

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