Other 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 6
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Other Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Other family

Profession Census Frequency
School 3
Musician 1
Mail Cart Liver 1
Railway Clerk 1
Solicitor 1
Servant Dormitory R M College 1
General Servant (domestic) 1
Marine Engineering Apprentice 1
Private Means 1
Assisting In The Business 1
Day Boy On The Road 1
Hotel Mauage 1
Coachman (domestic) 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Other

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Other 17
William Other 15
James Other 10
Elizabeth Other 9
Mary Other 9
Charles Other 8
Ann Other 7
Henry Other 7
Jane Other 7
John Other 7
Christopher Other 6
Eliza Other 6
Sarah Other 5
Alice Other 4
Annie Other 4
Edward Other 4
Frances Other 4
George Other 4
Anne Other 3
Amelia Other 2
Arthur Other 2
Benjamin Other 2
Charlotte Other 2
Doris Other 2
Ellen Other 2

Other Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Auther 67% 734
2 Ather 80% 381
3 Thear 60% 373
4 Thair 40% 365
5 Thore 40% 233
6 Other 100% 215
7 Eather 67% 176
8 Authur 50% 164
9 Athur 60% 118

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The surname Other is the 6th most popular variant of Auther.

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