Pest 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 10
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 10
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 6
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 4
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

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

Pest Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pest family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Agricultural Lab 2
Independent 2
Silk Weaver 1
Merchant 1
Ribbon Maker 1
Carter 1
Soldier 1
Labourer 1
Plumber 1
Coal Miner 1
Washerwoman 1
Female Servant 1
Turner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Pest

Name Census Frequency
Mary Pest 25
William Pest 22
Sarah Pest 17
Elizabeth Pest 16
John Pest 16
Ann Pest 12
Jane Pest 11
Thomas Pest 9
George Pest 8
Joseph Pest 7
Robert Pest 7
Charles Pest 6
Eliza Pest 6
Alfred Pest 5
Emma Pest 5
Isabella Pest 5
Margaret Pest 5
Richard Pest 5
Alice Pest 4
Annie Pest 4
Henry Pest 4
James Pest 4
Louisa Pest 4
Lucy Pest 4
Arthur Pest 3

Pest Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Post 75% 2,289
2 Pest 100% 308
3 Past 75% 263
4 Peast 80% 260
5 Paste 60% 183
6 Poste 60% 177

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The surname Pest is the 2nd most popular variant of Post.

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