Root 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 4
Berkshire 5
Cambridgeshire 26
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 5
Devon 2
Dorset 1
Durham 23
Essex 273
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 10
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 46
Lancashire 10
Leicestershire 85
Lincolnshire 11
London 353
Middlesex 56
Northumberland 10
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 13
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 56
Somerset 0
Surrey 14
Sussex 6
Staffordshire 12
Warwickshire 21
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 45

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Root Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Root family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 191
Agricultural Labourer 28
General Labourer 13
Carpenter 13
Living On Own Means 10
Tailoress 10
Domestic Servant 8
House Keeper 7
Labourer 7
Dress Maker 7
General Servant 7
Hosiery Hand 7
Baker 6
Clerk 6
Laundress 6
Bookbinder 6
Shoe Maker 6
Charwoman 5
Living On Her Own Means 5
General Servant Domestic 5
House Maid Domestic Servant 5
Frame Work Knitter 5
Farmer 4
Cook 4
Joiner 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Root

Name Census Frequency
William Root 497
Mary Root 382
John Root 372
Sarah Root 338
George Root 333
Elizabeth Root 283
Thomas Root 220
Joseph Root 208
James Root 183
Samuel Root 166
Emma Root 161
Ann Root 138
Charles Root 131
Arthur Root 120
Eliza Root 120
Alfred Root 112
Ellen Root 106
Alice Root 99
Jane Root 97
Edward Root 80
Henry Root 80
Emily Root 79
Frederick Root 75
Annie Root 73
Robert Root 73

Root Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Root 100% 7,489
2 Rout 75% 3,455
3 Rate 25% 2,071
4 Wroot 80% 798
5 Roote 80% 706
6 Rait 50% 550
7 Rott 75% 363
8 Eart 25% 261
9 Reet 50% 257
10 Rata 25% 250
11 Route 60% 220
12 Roat 75% 192
13 Rite 25% 148
14 Riot 75% 147
15 Rote 50% 145
16 Rute 25% 144
17 Reat 50% 126

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

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