Session 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

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

Session Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Session family

Profession Census Frequency
Piecer 2
Old Age Pensioner 1
Journeyman Vellum Binder 1
None 1
Carter 1
School 1
Laundress 1
Solicitor Clerk 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Session

Name Census Frequency
William Session 16
Mary Session 11
Elizabeth Session 10
John Session 10
James Session 6
Ann Session 5
Charles Session 5
George Session 5
Margaret Session 5
Samuel Session 5
Thomas Session 5
Arthur Session 4
Jane Session 4
Joseph Session 4
Kate Session 4
Sarah Session 4
Edith Session 3
Esther Session 3
Florence Session 3
Henry Session 3
Alice Session 2
Annie Session 2
Caroline Session 2
Catherine Session 2
Eliza Session 2

Session Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sisson 71% 5,725
2 Sesson 86% 216
3 Session 100% 194
4 Sissen 57% 122

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The surname Session is the 3rd most popular variant of Sisson.

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