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 7
Buckinghamshire 14
Berkshire 78
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 15
Cornwall 44
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 10
Devon 29
Dorset 4
Durham 7
Essex 82
Gloucestershire 457
Hampshire 94
Herefordshire 14
Hertfordshire 29
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 70
Lancashire 83
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 11
London 429
Middlesex 84
Northumberland 32
Norfolk 66
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 15
Oxfordshire 39
Rutland 0
Shropshire 23
Suffolk 22
Somerset 189
Surrey 101
Sussex 38
Staffordshire 42
Warwickshire 38
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 367
Worcestershire 41
Yorkshire 50

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 60
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 496
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 208
Pembrokeshire 179
Radnorshire 0

Morse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Morse family

Profession Census Frequency
School 347
Private Means 47
Coal Miner Hewer 47
Farm Labourer 36
General Labourer 21
Assisting In The Business 18
Dressmaker 18
General Servant (domestic) 16
None 16
Farmer 16
At School 15
Labourer 13
Gardener (domestic) 13
Old Age Pensioner 13
Domestic Servant 11
Domestic 10
Gardener Domestic 10
Assisting In Business 10
Bricklayer 9
Clerk 9
Errand Boy 9
House Keeper 9
Student 9
At Home 8
Laundress 8

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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