Nesbet Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Durham 16
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 1
London 1
Northumberland 16
Yorkshire 8
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Nesbet Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nesbet family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 6
Coalminer 1
Laundress 1
Coal Miner 1
Fitter 1
Independent 1
School Master 1
Forgeman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nesbet

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Nesbet 28
John Nesbet 24
Thomas Nesbet 21
William Nesbet 20
James Nesbet 18
Margaret Nesbet 16
Robert Nesbet 15
Jane Nesbet 13
Mary Nesbet 11
George Nesbet 10
Isabella Nesbet 8
Sarah Nesbet 8
Ann Nesbet 6
Ellen Nesbet 6
Eleanor Nesbet 5
Adam Nesbet 4
Agnes Nesbet 4
Andrew Nesbet 4
Annie Nesbet 4
David Nesbet 4
Joseph Nesbet 4
Lucy Nesbet 4
Catherine Nesbet 3
Henry Nesbet 3
Janet Nesbet 3

Nesbet Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nesbit 83% 4,445
2 Nisbet 83% 2,815
3 Nesbett 86% 704
4 Nesbet 100% 340
5 Naisbit 57% 206
6 Naisbet 71% 147

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The surname Nesbet is the 4th most popular variant of Nesbit.

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