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

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

Private Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Private family

Profession Census Frequency
Stone Mason 1
Assistant At Shirt Maker 1
Rent From House Property 1
Major 1
Mill Hand 1
Brick Layer 1
Brick Maker 1
Domestic Servant 1
Labourer 1
Scholar 1
Brickmaker 1
Brickmakers Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Private

Name Census Frequency
James Private 17
Elizabeth Private 16
John Private 15
George Private 11
Jane Private 11
Mary Private 11
Joseph Private 8
Sarah Private 8
Henry Private 6
William Private 6
Eliza Private 5
Emily Private 5
Edward Private 4
Harry Private 4
Philip Private 4
Alice Private 3
Arthur Private 3
Harold Private 3
Harriet Private 3
Phillip Private 3
Richard Private 3
Robert Private 3
Susan Private 3
Ann Private 2
Annie Private 2

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