Murden 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 28
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 4
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 45
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 28
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 2
London 47
Middlesex 7
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 43
Nottinghamshire 209
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 45
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 6
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 18
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 25

Wales

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

Murden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Murden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 112
Agricultural Labourer 31
Domestic Servant 10
Carpenter 8
Dress Maker 7
Laundress 7
Farm Labourer 7
Coal Miner 7
Wife 5
Seamstress 4
General Servant Domestic 3
General Servant 3
Oil Miller 3
Gardener 3
Platelayer 3
Farm Servant Indoor 3
Frame Work Knitter Cotton 3
Frame Work Knitter H M 3
Seamer Hosiery 3
Dock Yard Writer Customs 2
Colliery Labourer 2
Dyer 2
Frame Work Knitter 2
Hose Machine Fitter 2
Lace Mender 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Murden

Name Census Frequency
William Murden 273
John Murden 270
Mary Murden 250
Elizabeth Murden 201
Sarah Murden 173
George Murden 146
Thomas Murden 108
James Murden 107
Charles Murden 94
Ann Murden 92
Samuel Murden 84
Henry Murden 75
Annie Murden 72
Edward Murden 63
Eliza Murden 61
Jane Murden 56
Alice Murden 55
Hannah Murden 54
Ellen Murden 50
Joseph Murden 49
Emma Murden 44
Frederick Murden 41
Florence Murden 38
Arthur Murden 37
Richard Murden 35

Murden Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Marden 83% 7,416
2 Murden 100% 4,006
3 Mardon 67% 3,607
4 Morden 83% 2,842
5 Murdin 83% 1,214
6 Mordan 67% 801
7 Mordon 67% 328
8 Mardin 67% 179
9 Murdon 83% 173
10 Meardon 57% 172
11 Maraden 71% 137
12 Mariden 71% 120

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The surname Murden is the 2nd most popular variant of Marden.

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