Shelson 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 11
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
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

Shelson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shelson family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Bricklayer Labourer 1
Annuitant 1
Carpenter 1
Baker 1
Coach Painter 1
Landed Proprietor 1
Domestic Housemaid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shelson

Name Census Frequency
John Shelson 22
Mary Shelson 21
William Shelson 21
Sarah Shelson 10
Annie Shelson 9
George Shelson 9
Henry Shelson 9
James Shelson 9
Thomas Shelson 7
Lizzie Shelson 6
Ann Shelson 5
Catherine Shelson 5
Elizabeth Shelson 5
Florence Shelson 5
Hannah Shelson 5
Ada Shelson 4
Arthur Shelson 4
Charles Shelson 4
Ellen Shelson 4
Jane Shelson 4
Joseph Shelson 4
Samuel Shelson 4
Alfred Shelson 3
Clara Shelson 3
Richard Shelson 3

Shelson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shilson 86% 850
2 Shelson 100% 285

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The surname Shelson is the 2nd most popular variant of Shilson.

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