Morse 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 2
Berkshire 63
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 32
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 20
Dorset 3
Durham 6
Essex 16
Gloucestershire 255
Hampshire 37
Herefordshire 9
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 12
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 220
Middlesex 5
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 52
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 20
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 27
Somerset 208
Surrey 17
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 12
Warwickshire 12
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 189
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 18

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 13
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 21
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 97
Pembrokeshire 116
Radnorshire 0

Morse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Morse family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 161
Agricultural Labourer 91
House Servant 27
Labourer 22
At Home 21
Servant 13
Annuitant 12
Pauper 12
Mason 12
Ag Lab 12
Wife 11
Farmer 11
Farm Labourer 10
Gardener 10
Scholar At Home 10
Dress Maker 9
General Servant 9
Coal Miner 9
Errand Boy 7
Laundress 7
Assistant 7
House Keeper 7
Coalminer 7
House Maid 6
Ag Labourer 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Morse

Name Census Frequency
William Morse 1,229
Mary Morse 1,057
John Morse 817
Elizabeth Morse 741
Thomas Morse 603
George Morse 519
Sarah Morse 516
James Morse 428
Charles Morse 407
Henry Morse 399
Ann Morse 359
Jane Morse 288
Frederick Morse 261
Joseph Morse 243
Eliza Morse 230
Richard Morse 221
Edward Morse 218
Emily Morse 215
Robert Morse 212
Annie Morse 211
Martha Morse 211
Ellen Morse 208
Alice Morse 187
Alfred Morse 184
Albert Morse 182

Morse Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mears 40% 19,097
2 Moores 50% 17,103
3 Morse 100% 17,032
4 Moors 60% 9,008
5 Moris 60% 5,681
6 Meers 40% 2,736
7 Mares 40% 2,590
8 Mars 60% 2,464
9 Mors 80% 2,328
10 Mooris 50% 2,317
11 Maris 40% 2,024
12 Meares 33% 1,672
13 Miers 40% 1,581
14 Mores 60% 1,008
15 Mairs 40% 920
16 Moorse 83% 725
17 Maries 50% 655
18 Mories 67% 508
19 Mires 40% 460
20 Muers 40% 387
21 Amers 40% 361
22 Meeres 33% 302
23 Muras 40% 253
24 Marse 80% 232
25 Meres 40% 196
26 Morce 80% 188
27 Emers 40% 167
28 Maers 40% 117
29 Maeers 33% 109
30 Mers 60% 105

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The surname Morse is the 3rd most popular variant of Mears.

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