Shaft 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 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 10
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

Shaft Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shaft family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 2
Steam Engine & Machine Fitter 1
Stoker Navy Men 2nd Class 1
Hotel Domestic 1
Retired Farmer 1
Retired Wine And Spirit Merchant 1
Solicitor 1
Confectioners Apprentice Sweet 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Plumber 1
Retired Publican 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shaft

Name Census Frequency
William Shaft 21
Mary Shaft 17
John Shaft 16
James Shaft 13
Sarah Shaft 11
George Shaft 9
Charlotte Shaft 8
Ann Shaft 5
Catherine Shaft 4
Eliza Shaft 4
Emma Shaft 4
Hannah Shaft 4
Jane Shaft 4
Maria Shaft 4
Edith Shaft 3
Elizabeth Shaft 3
Harriett Shaft 3
Henry Shaft 3
Thomas Shaft 3
Albert Shaft 2
Alfred Shaft 2
Alice Shaft 2
Betsey Shaft 2
Charles Shaft 2
Ellen Shaft 2

Shaft Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shafto 83% 436
2 Shaftoe 71% 348
3 Shaft 100% 186
4 Shift 80% 123

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The surname Shaft is the 3rd most popular variant of Shafto.

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