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 6
Berkshire 36
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 26
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 24
Dorset 1
Durham 8
Essex 24
Gloucestershire 291
Hampshire 20
Herefordshire 18
Hertfordshire 5
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 21
Lancashire 25
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 301
Middlesex 35
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 51
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 33
Rutland 0
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 33
Somerset 208
Surrey 39
Sussex 25
Staffordshire 20
Warwickshire 10
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 220
Worcestershire 18
Yorkshire 11

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 46
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 48
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 126
Pembrokeshire 114
Radnorshire 0

Morse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Morse family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 338
Agricultural Labourer 49
Labourer 44
Ag Labourer 23
General Servant 21
Domestic Servant 20
Mason 17
Farm Servant 15
Dress Maker 15
Coal Miner 14
Annuitant 10
Collier 10
Laundress 10
Gardener 9
Baker 8
Carpenter 8
Grocer 8
Servant 8
Farmers Daughter 8
Farmer 8
Milliner 8
Stone Mason 8
House Keeper 7
Farmers Son 7
Wife Of Above 7

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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