Metcalf Name Meaning: Possibly of occupational origin, from Middle English 'metecalf' litterally a food calf, in other words a calf being fattened up for eating.
Olde English pre 7th word 'mete' meaning food or meat and 'cealf' a calf.
Discover how your Metcalf ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 1 |
Buckinghamshire | 0 |
Berkshire | 6 |
Cambridgeshire | 18 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 67 |
Cornwall | 0 |
Cumberland | 138 |
Derbyshire | 79 |
Devon | 17 |
Dorset | 0 |
Durham | 889 |
Essex | 66 |
Gloucestershire | 5 |
Hampshire | 13 |
Herefordshire | 17 |
Hertfordshire | 12 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 39 |
Isle of Man | 4 |
Kent | 10 |
Lancashire | 1,204 |
Leicestershire | 10 |
Lincolnshire | 174 |
London | 331 |
Middlesex | 41 |
Northumberland | 165 |
Norfolk | 132 |
Northamptonshire | 3 |
Nottinghamshire | 117 |
Oxfordshire | 3 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 39 |
Shropshire | 20 |
Suffolk | 52 |
Somerset | 0 |
Surrey | 38 |
Sussex | 35 |
Staffordshire | 48 |
Warwickshire | 70 |
Westmorland | 94 |
Wiltshire | 2 |
Worcestershire | 11 |
Yorkshire | 1,944 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 2 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 5 |
Flintshire | 6 |
Glamorgan | 0 |
Merionethshire | 4 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 9 |
Pembrokeshire | 6 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,150 |
Cotton Weaver | 108 |
Coal Miner | 106 |
Agricultural Labourer | 79 |
Dress Maker | 72 |
General Labourer | 58 |
Domestic Servant | 55 |
Labourer | 45 |
Farm Servant Indoor | 38 |
Farmers Son | 34 |
General Servant | 31 |
House Keeper | 30 |
Joiner | 30 |
Annuitant | 29 |
General Servant Domestic | 24 |
Stone Mason | 24 |
Cotton Spinner | 23 |
Farmers Wife | 21 |
Farm Labourer | 18 |
Butcher | 17 |
Cotton Operative | 17 |
Laundress | 16 |
Servant Domestic | 16 |
Cotton Winder | 16 |
Tailor | 15 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Metcalf | 3,019 |
John Metcalf | 2,934 |
William Metcalf | 2,589 |
Elizabeth Metcalf | 2,024 |
Thomas Metcalf | 2,011 |
George Metcalf | 1,458 |
James Metcalf | 1,419 |
Sarah Metcalf | 1,324 |
Ann Metcalf | 1,209 |
Jane Metcalf | 1,163 |
Margaret Metcalf | 955 |
Joseph Metcalf | 888 |
Robert Metcalf | 823 |
Hannah Metcalf | 670 |
Henry Metcalf | 602 |
Alice Metcalf | 572 |
Charles Metcalf | 533 |
Ellen Metcalf | 527 |
Annie Metcalf | 519 |
Richard Metcalf | 451 |
Edward Metcalf | 369 |
Martha Metcalf | 368 |
Isabella Metcalf | 365 |
Eliza Metcalf | 361 |
Emma Metcalf | 359 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Metcalfe | 88% | 44,627 |
2 | Metcalf | 100% | 40,218 |
3 | Mitcalf | 86% | 794 |
4 | Mitcalfe | 75% | 669 |
5 | Metclafe | 63% | 355 |
6 | Matcalfe | 75% | 263 |
7 | Matcalf | 86% | 235 |
8 | Metclaf | 71% | 213 |
9 | Metcaff | 86% | 142 |
10 | Metcalff | 88% | 128 |
The surname Metcalf is the 2nd most popular variant of Metcalfe.