Silks 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 5
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 0
Staffordshire 3
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 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Silks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Silks family

Profession Census Frequency
School 3
Farm Labourer 2
Hawker 1
Railway Porter 1
Gas Stoker 1
Home 1
Hosiery Machinist 1
Hosiery Winder 1
Cook 1
Clerk Steel Works 1
Painters Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Silks

Name Census Frequency
William Silks 21
Mary Silks 18
Ann Silks 14
John Silks 14
Sarah Silks 12
Joseph Silks 10
Thomas Silks 10
Elizabeth Silks 9
George Silks 9
James Silks 8
Jane Silks 8
Richard Silks 8
Frederick Silks 7
Henry Silks 7
Emily Silks 5
Emma Silks 5
Lucy Silks 5
Anne Silks 4
Charles Silks 4
Maria Silks 4
Samuel Silks 4
Alice Silks 3
Annie Silks 3
Catherine Silks 3
Eliza Silks 3

Silks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Silks 100% 299
2 Slokes 50% 127
3 Slakes 50% 126

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The surname Silks is the most popular version of all its varients

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