Ludd 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 14
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 7
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 1
London 17
Middlesex 5
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ludd Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ludd family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 4
Agricultural Labourer 4
Female Servant 3
Labourer 3
Shoe Maker 2
Male Servant 2
Lab 2
Iron Miner 1
Publican 1
Merchant 1
Inmate 1
Clerk 1
Laundress 1
Assistant 1
Ag Lab 1
Mason 1
Farmers Servant 1
Mariner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ludd

Name Census Frequency
William Ludd 92
Mary Ludd 76
John Ludd 60
Elizabeth Ludd 59
Thomas Ludd 39
James Ludd 35
Henry Ludd 29
George Ludd 27
Sarah Ludd 26
Emma Ludd 24
Ann Ludd 22
Charles Ludd 22
Eliza Ludd 21
Annie Ludd 19
Edward Ludd 18
Alice Ludd 17
Frederick Ludd 16
Jane Ludd 16
Ellen Ludd 15
Arthur Ludd 14
Hannah Ludd 14
Alfred Ludd 13
Florence Ludd 13
Charlotte Ludd 12
Emily Ludd 12

Ludd Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ladd 75% 8,067
2 Lodd 75% 2,640
3 Ludd 100% 1,157

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The surname Ludd is the 3rd most popular variant of Ladd.

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