Shape 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 5
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 8
London 13
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
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

Shape Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shape family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Independent 2
Nurse 1
Ship Maker 1
Labourer 1
Farmer 1
Plate Maker 1
Glazier 1
Collager 1
Chandler 1
Servant 1
Weaveress 1
Widow 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shape

Name Census Frequency
Mary Shape 41
John Shape 32
William Shape 28
George Shape 25
James Shape 22
Sarah Shape 20
Elizabeth Shape 19
Thomas Shape 19
Charles Shape 17
Eliza Shape 14
Robert Shape 14
Joseph Shape 12
Jane Shape 11
Ann Shape 10
Alice Shape 9
Ellen Shape 9
Emily Shape 9
Florence Shape 9
Frederick Shape 8
Henry Shape 8
Samuel Shape 8
David Shape 6
Edith Shape 6
Emma Shape 6
Hannah Shape 6

Shape Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ship 60% 4,036
2 Shape 100% 562
3 Shop 60% 350
4 Sheap 60% 234
5 Sheep 40% 192
6 Shap 80% 142
7 Shope 80% 114

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The surname Shape is the 2nd most popular variant of Ship.

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