Lorking 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 0
Essex 19
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 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 15
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

Lorking Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lorking family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Butcher 2
School Mistress 1
Silk Weaver 1
Book Seller 1
Butcher Journeyman 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lorking

Name Census Frequency
John Lorking 25
William Lorking 22
Elizabeth Lorking 20
James Lorking 18
Mary Lorking 14
Thomas Lorking 12
Emma Lorking 10
Ernest Lorking 10
Jane Lorking 9
Charles Lorking 8
Esther Lorking 8
George Lorking 8
Alice Lorking 7
Eliza Lorking 6
Hannah Lorking 6
Lily Lorking 6
Louisa Lorking 6
Richard Lorking 6
Sarah Lorking 6
Walter Lorking 6
Ann Lorking 5
Maria Lorking 5
Annie Lorking 4
Florence Lorking 4
Edward Lorking 3

Lorking Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Larking 86% 2,594
2 Lorking 100% 332

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The surname Lorking is the 2nd most popular variant of Larking.

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