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 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 7
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 38
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 10
Dorset 6
Durham 9
Essex 9
Gloucestershire 241
Hampshire 12
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 8
Lancashire 30
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 245
Middlesex 22
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 17
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 15
Rutland 0
Shropshire 13
Suffolk 33
Somerset 202
Surrey 14
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 32
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 144
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 3
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 30
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 39
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 122
Pembrokeshire 124
Radnorshire 0

Morse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Morse family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 199
Agricultural Labourer 87
Servant 21
Mason 18
House Servant 17
Labourer 16
Dress Maker 14
Coal Miner 11
Carpenter 10
Gardener 9
Laundress 9
House Maid 9
House Keeper 9
General Servant 9
Domestic Servant 9
Cook 8
Sawyer 6
Farmer 6
Fund Holder 5
Pauper 5
Carter 5
Housemaid 5
No Occupation 5
Railway Labourer 5
Collier 4

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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