Scan 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 0
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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 10

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

Scan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Scan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Apprentice Drapery 1
Portmanteau Maker 1
Farmer Of 25 Acres 1
Farmers Wife 1
General Domestic Servant 1
Labourer In Iron Foundry 1
Shipwright 1
Dress Maker 1
Flax Dresser 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Scan

Name Census Frequency
William Scan 19
Elizabeth Scan 17
Mary Scan 14
James Scan 11
Thomas Scan 11
John Scan 9
George Scan 7
Joseph Scan 7
Sarah Scan 7
Charles Scan 6
Margaret Scan 6
Arthur Scan 5
Alice Scan 4
Ann Scan 4
Catherine Scan 4
Emma Scan 4
Martha Scan 4
Alfred Scan 3
Bessie Scan 3
Charlotte Scan 3
Edith Scan 3
Ellen Scan 3
Florence Scan 3
Frank Scan 3
Frederick Scan 3

Scan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Scane 80% 593
2 Scone 60% 413
3 Scoon 60% 410
4 Scan 100% 262
5 Skan 75% 219

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The surname Scan is the 4th most popular variant of Scane.

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