Old Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 3
Buckinghamshire 22
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 298
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 6
Devon 40
Dorset 131
Durham 132
Essex 54
Gloucestershire 43
Hampshire 110
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 31
Lancashire 41
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 0
London 185
Middlesex 15
Northumberland 24
Norfolk 19
Northamptonshire 119
Nottinghamshire 40
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 1
Somerset 76
Surrey 36
Sussex 13
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 20
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 90

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 50
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Old Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Old family

Profession Census Frequency
School 163
Farm Labourer 23
General Servant (domestic) 20
Farmer 17
General Labourer 13
Dressmaker 11
At School 10
None 9
Clerk 8
Private Means 8
Bricklayer 7
Domestic Servant 7
House Keeper 7
Boot Maker 6
Old Age Pensioner 6
Blacksmith 6
Laundress 5
Dock Labourer 5
Dress Maker 5
General Servant 5
Housekeeper 5
Housemaid (domestic) 4
At Home 4
Assistant 4
Cook Domestic 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Old

Name Census Frequency
Mary Old 686
William Old 640
John Old 608
Elizabeth Old 429
George Old 342
Charles Old 336
Thomas Old 330
James Old 278
Sarah Old 252
Jane Old 232
Ann Old 230
Joseph Old 196
Henry Old 167
Robert Old 163
Richard Old 157
Emily Old 129
Eliza Old 128
Emma Old 127
Annie Old 108
Frederick Old 108
Ellen Old 103
Alice Old 98
Margaret Old 84
Edward Old 78
Florence Old 78

Old Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Old 100% 9,603
2 Leed 25% 3,519
3 Loud 50% 2,868
4 Auld 50% 2,250
5 Ould 75% 2,223
6 Lead 25% 1,726
7 Lade 25% 1,662
8 Eld 67% 1,291
9 Laud 25% 822
10 Load 50% 760
11 Leod 25% 515
12 Loude 40% 484
13 Led 33% 296
14 Laid 25% 293
15 Lad 33% 234
16 Olde 75% 217
17 Lood 50% 209
18 Loade 40% 187
19 Laude 20% 108
20 Lude 25% 107
21 Lod 33% 105

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The surname Old is the most popular version of all its varients

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