Modern 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 0
Cornwall 10
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 0
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 7
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

Modern Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Modern family

Profession Census Frequency
Assistant In House 3
Scholar 3
Miner 2
Employed On Farm 1
Farmer 8 Acres 1
Watch Gilder 1
Watch Gilder Apprentice 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Modern

Name Census Frequency
John Modern 20
William Modern 17
Jane Modern 7
James Modern 6
Margaret Modern 6
Richard Modern 6
Joseph Modern 5
Elizabeth Modern 4
Mary Modern 4
Eliza Modern 3
Hannah Modern 3
Harold Modern 3
Samuel Modern 3
Thomas Modern 3
Ann Modern 2
Catherine Modern 2
George Modern 2
Hermann Modern 2
Isabella Modern 2
Laura Modern 2
Martin Modern 2
Sarah Modern 2
Susannah Modern 2
Albert Modern 1
Alce Modern 1

Modern Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Madron 50% 387
2 Modern 100% 148
3 Madren 50% 131

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The surname Modern is the 2nd most popular variant of Madron.

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