Norse 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 22
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Norse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Norse family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 5
Paper Maker 2
Porter Warehouse 1
Felt Minder Paper Mill 1
Pupil Mill Labourer 1
Railway Signalman 1
Nurse Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Norse

Name Census Frequency
Mary Norse 18
Thomas Norse 18
William Norse 13
John Norse 11
George Norse 10
Joseph Norse 6
Fanny Norse 5
Annie Norse 4
Elizabeth Norse 4
Emily Norse 3
Emma Norse 3
Harriet Norse 3
Margaret Norse 3
Ada Norse 2
Albert Norse 2
Ann Norse 2
Bessie Norse 2
Eliza Norse 2
Frances Norse 2
Jane Norse 2
Julia Norse 2
Martha Norse 2
Minnie Norse 2
Rachel Norse 2
Robert Norse 2

Norse Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nurse 80% 11,487
2 Noris 60% 590
3 Nares 40% 579
4 Nourse 83% 536
5 Nears 40% 406
6 Norse 100% 162
7 Nooris 50% 132

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The surname Norse is the 6th most popular variant of Nurse.

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