Magnes 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
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 9
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 13
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 1
Yorkshire 0

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

Magnes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Magnes family

Profession Census Frequency
Navy 1
Independent Means 1
Boot & Shoe Maker 1
Independent 1
Pensioner 1
Pupil 1
Female Servant 1
Painter 1
Shepherd 1
Shoe Maker 1
Shoe Maker Journeyman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Magnes

Name Census Frequency
Mary Magnes 13
Elizabeth Magnes 11
Sarah Magnes 10
William Magnes 10
James Magnes 7
Thomas Magnes 6
George Magnes 5
Henry Magnes 5
Ann Magnes 4
Eliza Magnes 4
Jane Magnes 4
Albert Magnes 3
Annie Magnes 3
Esther Magnes 3
Frederick Magnes 3
John Magnes 3
Joseph Magnes 3
Maria Magnes 3
Martha Magnes 3
Ellen Magnes 2
Ernest Magnes 2
Louisa Magnes 2
Richard Magnes 2
Robert Magnes 2
Sophia Magnes 2

Magnes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Magnus 83% 1,578
2 Magness 86% 1,088
3 Magenis 71% 485
4 Magnes 100% 189

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The surname Magnes is the 4th most popular variant of Magnus.

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