Melven 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Melven Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Melven family

Profession Census Frequency
Builder & Decorator 1
Ab Seaman 1
Formly General Lab 1
Sick Nurse 1
Art Student 1
Private Means 1
Soldier 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Melven

Name Census Frequency
James Melven 15
John Melven 14
Mary Melven 13
Thomas Melven 13
Ann Melven 12
William Melven 12
David Melven 8
Margaret Melven 8
Peter Melven 7
George Melven 6
Alice Melven 5
Annie Melven 5
Charles Melven 5
Eliza Melven 5
Elizabeth Melven 5
Frederick Melven 5
Jane Melven 5
Michael Melven 5
Edward Melven 4
Joseph Melven 4
Bridget Melven 3
Maria Melven 3
Patrick Melven 3
Robert Melven 3
Sarah Melven 3

Melven Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Melvin 83% 3,742
2 Melven 100% 264
3 Malvin 67% 197
4 Melvine 71% 128

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The surname Melven is the 2nd most popular variant of Melvin.

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