Oxen 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 3
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 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 10
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Oxen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Oxen family

Profession Census Frequency
Striker Blacksmiths 2
Music Mistress 1
Bricklayer Labourer 1
Joiner 1
Provision Clerk 1
Blacksmiths Striker 1
Malsterer 1
Blacksmith 1
Grocer Assistant 1
School Assistant 1
Coal Trimmer 1
Coal Trimmer Ship 1
Cook General Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Oxen

Name Census Frequency
William Oxen 28
Elizabeth Oxen 12
John Oxen 10
Mary Oxen 9
Joseph Oxen 8
Ann Oxen 7
Isabella Oxen 7
James Oxen 7
Emma Oxen 6
Margaret Oxen 6
Robert Oxen 6
Sarah Oxen 6
Thomas Oxen 6
Charles Oxen 5
Ellen Oxen 5
George Oxen 4
Jane Oxen 4
Alice Oxen 3
Arthur Oxen 3
Eliza Oxen 3
Henry Oxen 3
Aaron Oxen 2
Annie Oxen 2
Charlotte Oxen 2
David Oxen 2

Oxen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Axon 50% 5,433
2 Exon 50% 1,348
3 Oxon 75% 607
4 Oxen 100% 196

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The surname Oxen is the 4th most popular variant of Axon.

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