Perth 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 3
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 0
Kent 4
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

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

Perth Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Perth family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Cotton Spinner 2
Cotton Carder 1
Nailor 1
Widow 1
Tailor 1
Female Servant 1
Wool Sorter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Perth

Name Census Frequency
William Perth 20
Sarah Perth 13
Mary Perth 10
George Perth 7
Jane Perth 6
John Perth 6
Joseph Perth 5
Thomas Perth 5
Alice Perth 4
Ann Perth 4
Charles Perth 4
Elizabeth Perth 4
James Perth 4
Louisa Perth 4
Martha Perth 4
Annie Perth 3
Clara Perth 3
Henry Perth 3
Jessie Perth 3
Margaret Perth 3
Samuel Perth 3
David Perth 2
Ellen Perth 2
Florence Perth 2
Frank Perth 2

Perth Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Parith 67% 589
2 Prath 60% 331
3 Perth 100% 193
4 Porth 80% 116

Did you know?

The surname Perth is the 3rd most popular variant of Parith.

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