Street Name Meaning: From Old English 'straet' meaning Roman road & given to someone from one of the various places in Kent, Hertfordshire & Somerset
In the Middle Ages the word became known to denote a main street in a town or village & the name was given to someone who lived on a main street
Discover how your Street ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 134 |
Buckinghamshire | 27 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 2 |
Channel Islands | 12 |
Cheshire | 241 |
Cornwall | 23 |
Cumberland | 10 |
Derbyshire | 269 |
Devon | 142 |
Dorset | 115 |
Durham | 26 |
Essex | 71 |
Gloucestershire | 63 |
Hampshire | 367 |
Herefordshire | 24 |
Hertfordshire | 80 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 5 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 73 |
Lancashire | 430 |
Leicestershire | 50 |
Lincolnshire | 28 |
London | 524 |
Middlesex | 80 |
Northumberland | 1 |
Norfolk | 39 |
Northamptonshire | 8 |
Nottinghamshire | 137 |
Oxfordshire | 56 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 5 |
Shropshire | 68 |
Suffolk | 86 |
Somerset | 115 |
Surrey | 284 |
Sussex | 150 |
Staffordshire | 191 |
Warwickshire | 103 |
Westmorland | 4 |
Wiltshire | 154 |
Worcestershire | 55 |
Yorkshire | 221 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 5 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 1 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 13 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 1 |
Pembrokeshire | 8 |
Radnorshire | 1 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Scholar | 587 |
Agricultural Labourer | 210 |
Labourer | 95 |
House Servant | 80 |
Servant | 50 |
At Home | 46 |
Farm Labourer | 39 |
Dress Maker | 36 |
Carpenter | 34 |
General Servant | 28 |
Laundress | 28 |
Coal Miner | 27 |
Gardener | 23 |
Scholar At Home | 21 |
Annuitant | 21 |
House Keeper | 21 |
Pauper | 19 |
Errand Boy | 17 |
Tailor | 16 |
Shoe Maker | 15 |
Farmer's Son | 15 |
Farmer | 14 |
Frame Work Knitter | 14 |
Housemaid | 12 |
Blacksmith | 12 |
Name | Census Frequency |
---|---|
William Street | 3,252 |
Mary Street | 3,043 |
John Street | 2,540 |
George Street | 1,966 |
Elizabeth Street | 1,947 |
Sarah Street | 1,858 |
James Street | 1,825 |
Thomas Street | 1,545 |
Charles Street | 1,149 |
Henry Street | 1,103 |
Ann Street | 1,073 |
Joseph Street | 887 |
Jane Street | 816 |
Samuel Street | 770 |
Eliza Street | 736 |
Ellen Street | 733 |
Emma Street | 716 |
Annie Street | 711 |
Emily Street | 668 |
Alice Street | 665 |
Frederick Street | 609 |
Edward Street | 608 |
Arthur Street | 594 |
Alfred Street | 572 |
Hannah Street | 562 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Street | 100% | 51,472 |
2 | Stuart | 50% | 24,455 |
3 | Start | 50% | 7,266 |
4 | Sturt | 50% | 4,412 |
5 | Streat | 83% | 1,534 |
6 | Strout | 67% | 651 |
7 | Strut | 67% | 443 |
8 | Stort | 50% | 259 |
9 | Steart | 50% | 229 |
10 | Strait | 67% | 219 |
11 | Strat | 67% | 175 |
12 | Starte | 50% | 145 |
13 | Steuart | 43% | 142 |
14 | Streett | 86% | 131 |
15 | Strett | 83% | 125 |
16 | Streete | 86% | 116 |
17 | Stert | 67% | 114 |
The surname Street is the most popular version of all its varients