Makes 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 2
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
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

Makes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Makes family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner 3
Shop 1
Office 1
Apprentice 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Makes

Name Census Frequency
Mary Makes 15
William Makes 12
Elizabeth Makes 9
John Makes 9
Joseph Makes 5
Thomas Makes 5
James Makes 4
Alice Makes 3
Ann Makes 3
Charlotte Makes 3
Edward Makes 3
Harry Makes 3
Maria Makes 3
Rose Makes 3
Albert Makes 2
Alfred Makes 2
Bridget Makes 2
Charles Makes 2
Florence Makes 2
Francis Makes 2
George Makes 2
Harriet Makes 2
Harriett Makes 2
Henry Makes 2
Isabella Makes 2

Makes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Meeks 40% 3,548
2 Moakes 83% 1,832
3 Meakes 83% 1,090
4 Mokes 80% 1,028
5 Makes 100% 176
6 Meaks 60% 134
7 Moaks 60% 127

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The surname Makes is the 5th most popular variant of Meeks.

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