Strange Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 18
Buckinghamshire 102
Berkshire 187
Cambridgeshire 23
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 39
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 47
Devon 14
Dorset 151
Durham 15
Essex 83
Gloucestershire 257
Hampshire 126
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 32
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 99
Lancashire 131
Leicestershire 29
Lincolnshire 4
London 641
Middlesex 72
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 10
Northamptonshire 24
Nottinghamshire 13
Oxfordshire 81
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 37
Suffolk 56
Somerset 93
Surrey 94
Sussex 64
Staffordshire 10
Warwickshire 45
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 273
Worcestershire 48
Yorkshire 34

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 18
Flintshire 5
Glamorgan 26
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 20
Pembrokeshire 10
Radnorshire 0

Strange Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Strange family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 612
Agricultural Labourer 87
Labourer 43
Laundress 40
Domestic Servant 37
General Labourer 37
General Servant 25
Dress Maker 20
Farm Labourer 19
Annuitant 14
Carpenter 14
Chair Maker 13
General Servant Domestic 13
Coal Miner 12
No Occupation 12
Housemaid Domestic Servant 10
Cook Domestic Servant 10
Draper 10
Butcher 9
Charwoman 9
Servant Domestic 9
Blacksmith 8
House Keeper 8
Silk Weaver 8
Housemaid 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Strange

Name Census Frequency
William Strange 1,404
Mary Strange 1,254
John Strange 944
Elizabeth Strange 874
Sarah Strange 740
James Strange 695
Thomas Strange 681
George Strange 652
Charles Strange 509
Ann Strange 441
Henry Strange 424
Frederick Strange 382
Eliza Strange 362
Joseph Strange 360
Jane Strange 333
Ellen Strange 323
Emma Strange 323
Alice Strange 314
Edward Strange 285
Emily Strange 285
Alfred Strange 257
Annie Strange 257
Arthur Strange 247
Robert Strange 238
Florence Strange 230

Strange Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Strong 71% 32,589
2 Strange 100% 22,095
3 Strang 86% 1,309
4 String 71% 708
5 Stronge 86% 333
6 Strainge 88% 272
7 Estrange 88% 208
8 Stringe 86% 181
9 Staring 57% 103

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The surname Strange is the 2nd most popular variant of Strong.

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