Notts 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 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 2
Dorset 5
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Notts Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Notts family

Profession Census Frequency
Shoe Maker 4
Independent 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Male Servant 2
Butcher 2
Warehouseman 1
Silk Filler 1
Weaver 1
Assistant 1
Female Servant 1
Shoe Binder 1
Shoe Maker's Apprentice 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Notts

Name Census Frequency
Mary Notts 38
William Notts 34
Elizabeth Notts 26
John Notts 25
Sarah Notts 23
George Notts 18
James Notts 16
Henry Notts 14
Thomas Notts 12
Ann Notts 11
Charles Notts 11
Maria Notts 11
Hannah Notts 10
Albert Notts 9
Edward Notts 9
Richard Notts 9
Robert Notts 9
Alfred Notts 8
Emma Notts 8
Jane Notts 8
Alice Notts 7
Annie Notts 7
Eliza Notts 7
Frank Notts 7
Samuel Notts 6

Notts Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Knotts 83% 703
2 Notts 100% 530
3 Nutts 80% 187
4 Natts 80% 125

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The surname Notts is the 2nd most popular variant of Knotts.

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