Most 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 10
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 8

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Most Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Most family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
Agricultural Labourer 3
Servant 3
At Home 2
Cotton Spinner 2
House Servant 2
Assistant 1
Labourer's Wife 1
Blacksmith Journeyman 1
Fireman 1
Wife 1
In Respect 1
Bankman 1
Iron Stone Miner 1
Silk Winder 1
Butcher 1
Milliner 1
Powerloom W 1
Wool Comber 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Most

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Most 39
John Most 37
Mary Most 37
Thomas Most 33
William Most 31
James Most 25
George Most 23
Sarah Most 23
Samuel Most 15
Henry Most 13
Alice Most 12
Ann Most 11
Annie Most 10
Edward Most 9
Ellen Most 9
Emma Most 9
Margaret Most 9
Jane Most 8
Charles Most 7
Emily Most 7
Hannah Most 7
Harriet Most 7
Richard Most 7
Albert Most 6
Fred Most 6

Most Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mustoe 50% 2,683
2 Musto 60% 1,392
3 Mist 75% 1,390
4 Must 75% 1,261
5 Most 100% 615
6 Moist 80% 451
7 Mast 75% 114
8 Moast 80% 109
9 Mest 75% 101

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The surname Most is the 5th most popular variant of Mustoe.

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