People Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Devon 1
Hampshire 2
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 3
Northumberland 1
Oxfordshire 3
Somerset 1
Warwickshire 1
Wiltshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Westmorland 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

People Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the People family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Nurse 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Beer Seller 1
Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for People

Name Census Frequency
William People 35
Mary People 25
Charles People 16
John People 16
George People 15
Sarah People 15
Thomas People 14
Eliza People 11
Ellen People 10
Ann People 9
Elizabeth People 9
Henry People 9
Jane People 9
Emily People 7
Joseph People 7
Edward People 6
Alice People 5
Edith People 5
Harriet People 5
James People 5
Albert People 4
Andrew People 4
Emma People 4
Fanny People 4
Agneta People 3

People Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pople 83% 4,735
2 Peploe 67% 732
3 Peaple 83% 399
4 People 100% 383
5 Apple 50% 382
6 Peapell 57% 328
7 Appel 17% 239
8 Popel 50% 168

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The surname People is the 4th most popular variant of Pople.

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