Orphan 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 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 0
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Orphan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Orphan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Collier 1
Dress Maker 1
Slater & Plasterer 1
Labourer 1
Straw Cutter 1
Rent Collector 1
Daur Of Above 1
Game Keeper 1
Wife Of Above 1
Wood Man 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Orphan

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Orphan 29
Mary Orphan 15
William Orphan 14
Robert Orphan 11
Elizabeth Orphan 10
Margaret Orphan 9
James Orphan 7
Ann Orphan 6
John Orphan 6
Alfred Orphan 4
George Orphan 4
Herbert Orphan 4
Sarah Orphan 4
Arthur Orphan 3
Dora Orphan 3
Eliza Orphan 3
Emma Orphan 3
Priscilla Orphan 3
Richard Orphan 3
Sidney Orphan 3
Agnes Orphan 2
Annie Orphan 2
Caleb Orphan 2
Ethel Orphan 2
Reginald Orphan 2

Orphan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Orphan 100% 195
2 Orphin 83% 187

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

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