Shad 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 1
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 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Shad Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shad family

Profession Census Frequency
General Servant 1
Artist 1
Gas Fitter 1
Journeyman 1
Milliner 1
Parlour Maid Domestic 1
Labourer's Daughter 1
Labourer's Son 1
Out Door Worker & Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shad

Name Census Frequency
William Shad 11
John Shad 9
Mary Shad 9
Elizabeth Shad 6
Jane Shad 6
Joseph Shad 6
Charles Shad 4
George Shad 4
Samuel Shad 4
Thomas Shad 4
Matilda Shad 3
Sarah Shad 3
Annie Shad 2
Catherine Shad 2
Charlotte Shad 2
Eliza Shad 2
Ellen Shad 2
Emily Shad 2
Emma Shad 2
Ethel Shad 2
Fanny Shad 2
Frank Shad 2
Frederick Shad 2
Harold Shad 2
Harriet Shad 2

Shad Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shead 80% 5,011
2 Shade 80% 1,588
3 Shed 75% 1,528
4 Sheed 60% 1,104
5 Shoud 60% 356
6 Shide 60% 209
7 Shad 100% 134

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The surname Shad is the 7th most popular variant of Shead.

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