Shakspeare 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 1
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 29
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 18
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 4
Warwickshire 10
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

Shakspeare Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shakspeare family

Profession Census Frequency
School 8
Assisting At Home 2
Private Tuition 2
Advertising Porter 2
Cegar Cundler 1
Cegar Maker 1
Corporation Sewer Flasher 1
Dock Labourer 1
House Joiner 1
Housewife 1
Libarian (assistant) 1
Mason Ast York 1
Millaver 1
Painter (painting Houses) 1
Baker's Apprentice 1
Letterpress Printer 1
Lithographis Printer 1
Merchant In Metals 1
Officer In Special Reserve 1
Assistant To Mother 1
Dock Officeial (gutman) 1
Draper 1
Ranofate Tuner & Musician 1
Genl Labourer 1
Master Of Barge 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shakspeare

Name Census Frequency
William Shakspeare 25
Mary Shakspeare 14
Elizabeth Shakspeare 13
Sarah Shakspeare 13
John Shakspeare 12
Thomas Shakspeare 11
Joseph Shakspeare 9
Alfred Shakspeare 7
Ann Shakspeare 7
Samuel Shakspeare 7
Annie Shakspeare 6
George Shakspeare 6
James Shakspeare 5
Margaret Shakspeare 5
Albert Shakspeare 4
Edith Shakspeare 4
Edward Shakspeare 4
Henry Shakspeare 4
Ada Shakspeare 3
Alice Shakspeare 3
Anne Shakspeare 3
Charles Shakspeare 3
Daniel Shakspeare 3
Emily Shakspeare 3
Matilda Shakspeare 3

Shakspeare Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shakespeare 91% 7,217
2 Shakespear 80% 3,665
3 Shakespere 80% 337
4 Shakspeare 100% 267
5 Shakspear 90% 146

Did you know?

The surname Shakspeare is the 4th most popular variant of Shakespeare.

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