Sounds 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 8
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 11
Warwickshire 4
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

Sounds Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sounds family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 6
Silk Weaver 1
Flax Dresser 1
Lace Seller 1
Independent 1
Turnkey 1
Potter 1
Carpenter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sounds

Name Census Frequency
Mary Sounds 26
William Sounds 25
George Sounds 15
John Sounds 14
Thomas Sounds 14
Sarah Sounds 10
Elizabeth Sounds 8
Hannah Sounds 7
James Sounds 7
Charles Sounds 6
Emily Sounds 6
Joseph Sounds 6
Ann Sounds 5
Frederick Sounds 5
Henry Sounds 5
Herbert Sounds 5
Jane Sounds 5
Robert Sounds 5
Samuel Sounds 5
Alice Sounds 4
Eliza Sounds 4
Ellen Sounds 4
Fanny Sounds 4
Louisa Sounds 3
Martha Sounds 3

Sounds Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sands 67% 20,028
2 Sounds 100% 283
3 Sandes 50% 195
4 Sandus 50% 103

Did you know?

The surname Sounds is the 2nd most popular variant of Sands.

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