Sheep 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 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 6
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 6
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 6
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

Sheep Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sheep family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Servant 3
Farm Labourer 2
Dress Maker 2
Labourer's Daur 1
Labourer 1
Mariner 1
Tailoress 1
Needle Woman 1
Waiter 1
Grocer Shop 1
Wife Of A Saddler 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sheep

Name Census Frequency
James Sheep 12
Thomas Sheep 11
William Sheep 10
Jane Sheep 9
John Sheep 9
Mary Sheep 9
Elizabeth Sheep 7
Sarah Sheep 7
Ann Sheep 6
Florence Sheep 5
Edith Sheep 4
George Sheep 4
Henry Sheep 4
Alfred Sheep 3
Annie Sheep 3
Caroline Sheep 3
Charles Sheep 3
Harriet Sheep 3
Rose Sheep 3
Walter Sheep 3
Alexander Sheep 2
Amelia Sheep 2
Charlotte Sheep 2
Eliza Sheep 2
Emily Sheep 2

Sheep Surname Variants Ranking

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

Did you know?

The surname Sheep is the 5th most popular variant of Ship.

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