Nestor 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 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 1
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 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Nestor Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nestor family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 1
Dress Maker 1
Smith 1
Blacksmith 1
Pupil 1
Scientific Sisters 1
Whip Maker 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nestor

Name Census Frequency
John Nestor 53
Mary Nestor 39
James Nestor 27
William Nestor 17
Patrick Nestor 15
Elizabeth Nestor 13
Sarah Nestor 13
Thomas Nestor 13
Annie Nestor 12
Margaret Nestor 12
Michael Nestor 12
Ann Nestor 8
Henry Nestor 8
Catherine Nestor 7
George Nestor 6
Hannah Nestor 6
Edward Nestor 5
Ellen Nestor 5
Joseph Nestor 5
Alice Nestor 4
Anne Nestor 4
Frederick Nestor 4
Martin Nestor 4
Robert Nestor 4
Samuel Nestor 4

Nestor Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Anster 50% 1,941
2 Nester 83% 449
3 Nestor 100% 419
4 Neister 71% 234

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The surname Nestor is the 3rd most popular variant of Anster.

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