Meads Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 3
Buckinghamshire 21
Berkshire 80
Cambridgeshire 7
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 111
Devon 0
Dorset 2
Durham 14
Essex 55
Gloucestershire 12
Hampshire 55
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 29
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 33
Lancashire 11
Leicestershire 21
Lincolnshire 54
London 201
Middlesex 148
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 36
Nottinghamshire 212
Oxfordshire 26
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 5
Somerset 1
Surrey 29
Sussex 61
Staffordshire 50
Warwickshire 84
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 39

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Meads Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Meads family

Profession Census Frequency
School 168
Farm Labourer 17
General Labourer 16
General Servant (domestic) 13
Housekeeper 12
Labourer 10
Assisting In Business 8
None 8
General Servant 7
Dress Maker 6
Private Means 6
Scholar 6
General Servant Domestic 6
Coal Miner Hewer 6
At School 5
Dressmaker 5
House Painter 5
Laundress 5
Errand Boy 5
Baker 4
Gardener (domestic) 4
Gardener Domestic 4
Labourer General 4
Game Keeper 4
Bricklayer 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Meads

Name Census Frequency
William Meads 568
Mary Meads 475
John Meads 396
George Meads 328
Elizabeth Meads 324
Thomas Meads 298
Sarah Meads 287
Ann Meads 193
James Meads 192
Charles Meads 180
Henry Meads 169
Jane Meads 146
Eliza Meads 144
Frederick Meads 124
Annie Meads 119
Ellen Meads 114
Emma Meads 110
Joseph Meads 109
Alice Meads 97
Edward Meads 96
Hannah Meads 86
Alfred Meads 85
Albert Meads 84
Arthur Meads 81
Emily Meads 74

Meads Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Meads 100% 8,046
2 Meades 83% 2,540
3 Meeds 80% 1,305
4 Maides 50% 521
5 Meadous 71% 257
6 Meadus 83% 232
7 Medus 60% 192
8 Maids 60% 173
9 Moods 60% 148
10 Meddes 67% 129
11 Mauds 60% 116

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

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