Robert Name Meaning: This name is from the given name 'Robert',hrod 'fame' + beraht 'bright',meaning 'bright fame',bright with Glory.
The name was introduced to Britain by the Normans where it replaced an old english related word 'Hreodbeorht'.
Discover how your Robert ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 11 |
Buckinghamshire | 4 |
Berkshire | 19 |
Cambridgeshire | 11 |
Channel Islands | 322 |
Cheshire | 60 |
Cornwall | 22 |
Cumberland | 4 |
Derbyshire | 15 |
Devon | 66 |
Dorset | 6 |
Durham | 53 |
Essex | 54 |
Gloucestershire | 49 |
Hampshire | 39 |
Herefordshire | 38 |
Hertfordshire | 24 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 2 |
Kent | 67 |
Lancashire | 265 |
Leicestershire | 17 |
Lincolnshire | 31 |
London | 456 |
Middlesex | 38 |
Northumberland | 14 |
Norfolk | 10 |
Northamptonshire | 21 |
Nottinghamshire | 16 |
Oxfordshire | 3 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 30 |
Suffolk | 18 |
Somerset | 18 |
Surrey | 45 |
Sussex | 47 |
Staffordshire | 79 |
Warwickshire | 47 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 8 |
Worcestershire | 26 |
Yorkshire | 198 |
Anglesey | 14 |
Brecknockshire | 17 |
Cardiganshire | 5 |
Carnarvonshire | 45 |
Carmarthenshire | 55 |
Denbighshire | 49 |
Flintshire | 2 |
Glamorgan | 149 |
Merionethshire | 45 |
Montgomeryshire | 29 |
Monmouthshire | 89 |
Pembrokeshire | 12 |
Radnorshire | 14 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 505 |
Agricultural Labourer | 55 |
Coal Miner | 51 |
Dress Maker | 40 |
Domestic Servant | 32 |
General Servant | 32 |
Labourer | 28 |
General Labourer | 23 |
Annuitant | 16 |
Laundress | 15 |
House Keeper | 14 |
Carpenter | 13 |
No Occupation | 13 |
Farmers Son | 12 |
General Servant Domestic | 11 |
Painter | 11 |
Servant | 11 |
Farm Servant Indoor | 11 |
Farm Labourer | 10 |
Farmers Wife | 9 |
Charwoman | 8 |
None | 8 |
Cotton Weaver | 8 |
Joiner | 8 |
Shoe Maker | 8 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Robert | 3,139 |
William Robert | 3,130 |
John Robert | 2,835 |
Elizabeth Robert | 2,080 |
Thomas Robert | 1,806 |
Robert Robert | 1,533 |
Sarah Robert | 1,251 |
Ann Robert | 1,128 |
Jane Robert | 1,099 |
Margaret Robert | 1,042 |
George Robert | 989 |
James Robert | 904 |
David Robert | 687 |
Charles Robert | 684 |
Edward Robert | 654 |
Henry Robert | 645 |
Richard Robert | 626 |
Ellen Robert | 559 |
Catherine Robert | 536 |
Eliza Robert | 524 |
Joseph Robert | 481 |
Annie Robert | 457 |
Alice Robert | 453 |
Hannah Robert | 450 |
Emma Robert | 430 |