Rag 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 12
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 5
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
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 1
Radnorshire 0

Rag Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rag family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Dress Maker 2
Coal Miner 1
Joiner 1
Pattern Maker 1
Whosale Druggist 1
Agent 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Laundress 1
Living On Her Own Means 1
Labourer Farm 1
Farm Labourer 1
Farmers Son 1
Cement Plasterer 1
Spoon Brush Maker 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rag

Name Census Frequency
Mary Rag 19
William Rag 19
John Rag 18
Sarah Rag 12
Elizabeth Rag 10
Thomas Rag 9
Ann Rag 8
Annie Rag 6
Charles Rag 6
George Rag 6
Alice Rag 5
Hannah Rag 5
James Rag 5
Jane Rag 5
Joseph Rag 4
Robert Rag 4
Alfred Rag 3
Edward Rag 3
Eliza Rag 3
Ellen Rag 3
Emily Rag 3
Alexander Rag 2
Louisa Rag 2
Stephen Rag 1
Susanna Rag 1

Rag Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wragg 60% 20,429
2 Ragg 75% 2,561
3 Wrag 75% 399
4 Rage 75% 306
5 Orgee 20% 246
6 Rag 100% 207
7 Roge 50% 122
8 Argue 20% 116
9 Rug 67% 100

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The surname Rag is the 6th most popular variant of Wragg.

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