Rouse Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
Buckinghamshire 22
Berkshire 58
Cambridgeshire 17
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 106
Cumberland 13
Derbyshire 74
Devon 82
Dorset 1
Durham 36
Essex 196
Gloucestershire 73
Hampshire 60
Herefordshire 37
Hertfordshire 13
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 12
Isle of Man 0
Kent 146
Lancashire 155
Leicestershire 82
Lincolnshire 197
London 796
Middlesex 122
Northumberland 41
Norfolk 160
Northamptonshire 19
Nottinghamshire 81
Oxfordshire 141
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 12
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 313
Somerset 55
Surrey 51
Sussex 35
Staffordshire 73
Warwickshire 339
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 53
Worcestershire 110
Yorkshire 274

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 7
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 25
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Rouse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rouse family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 793
Agricultural Labourer 138
Domestic Servant 42
Labourer 41
General Servant 39
Dress Maker 37
General Labourer 36
Farm Labourer 27
Gardener 21
Laundress 21
General Servant Domestic 20
Annuitant 17
Carpenter 16
Charwoman 16
House Keeper 16
Coal Miner 16
Tailor 14
Tailoress 14
Shoe Maker 13
No Occupation 12
Fisherman 12
Blacksmith 10
Cook 10
Black Smith 10
General Domestic Servant 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Rouse

Name Census Frequency
William Rouse 2,067
Mary Rouse 1,652
John Rouse 1,549
Elizabeth Rouse 1,134
George Rouse 987
Sarah Rouse 936
James Rouse 907
Thomas Rouse 713
Henry Rouse 608
Ann Rouse 604
Charles Rouse 549
Jane Rouse 501
Eliza Rouse 467
Joseph Rouse 451
Edward Rouse 449
Emma Rouse 415
Alice Rouse 395
Ellen Rouse 378
Frederick Rouse 364
Richard Rouse 356
Annie Rouse 326
Robert Rouse 325
Emily Rouse 318
Arthur Rouse 311
Alfred Rouse 295

Rouse Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rees 40% 200,374
2 Rose 80% 157,852
3 Rouse 100% 28,270
4 Reese 60% 5,158
5 Ruse 80% 4,501
6 Aris 20% 3,585
7 Roose 80% 3,029
8 Rise 60% 1,984
9 Rous 80% 1,352
10 Airs 20% 1,290
11 Aries 20% 1,061
12 Ries 40% 1,019
13 Reis 40% 931
14 Roos 60% 897
15 Rosa 60% 704
16 Rus 60% 436
17 Aires 0% 298
18 Rase 60% 254
19 Roes 60% 253
20 Eairs 0% 247
21 Reas 40% 243
22 Ires 20% 214
23 Ares 20% 205
24 Rosie 60% 188
25 Rause 80% 178
26 Ros 60% 174
27 Orois 40% 170
28 Roase 80% 161
29 Eares 0% 157
30 Orse 60% 143
31 Ears 20% 142
32 Rease 60% 141
33 Rauce 60% 124
34 Iris 20% 119
35 Roas 60% 117
36 Aiers 0% 103
37 Raise 60% 103
38 Earis 0% 102
39 Res 40% 101

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The surname Rouse is the 3rd most popular variant of Rees.

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