Nelder 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 40
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 11
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Nelder Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nelder family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Carpenter 5
Female Servant 3
Farmer 2
Coach Trimmer J 2
Chandler 1
Male Servant 1
Maltster 1
Pauper 1
Labourer 1
Shoe Maker 1
Coach Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nelder

Name Census Frequency
William Nelder 62
Mary Nelder 61
John Nelder 43
Thomas Nelder 42
Elizabeth Nelder 39
Henry Nelder 29
James Nelder 29
Sarah Nelder 28
Ann Nelder 24
George Nelder 24
Edith Nelder 17
Charles Nelder 15
Louisa Nelder 13
Emma Nelder 12
Frederick Nelder 12
Edward Nelder 11
Robert Nelder 10
Daniel Nelder 9
Peter Nelder 9
Annie Nelder 8
Arthur Nelder 8
Ellen Nelder 8
Jane Nelder 8
Susan Nelder 8
Eliza Nelder 7

Nelder Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nalder 83% 1,166
2 Nelder 100% 866
3 Nolder 83% 226

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The surname Nelder is the 2nd most popular variant of Nalder.

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