Rector 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 2
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
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

Rector Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rector family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Book Sellers Warehouse 1
Laundress 1
Saddler 1
Tailoress Employing 2 Girl 1
Warehouseman 1
Steward 1
General Servant 1
Page Domestic 1
General Clerk 1
School Governess 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rector

Name Census Frequency
William Rector 15
Elizabeth Rector 9
James Rector 6
Mary Rector 6
Sarah Rector 6
Thomas Rector 6
Ann Rector 5
Catherine Rector 5
Charles Rector 4
Annie Rector 3
Arthur Rector 3
Eliza Rector 3
George Rector 3
Jane Rector 3
John Rector 3
Joseph Rector 3
Polly Rector 3
Richard Rector 3
Edward Rector 2
Eleanor Rector 2
Fanny Rector 2
Florence Rector 2
Frances Rector 2
Helen Rector 2
Louis Rector 2

Rector Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rector 100% 151
2 Roctor 83% 107
3 Rocter 67% 103

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The surname Rector is the most popular version of all its varients

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