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 | 172 |
Buckinghamshire | 17 |
Berkshire | 199 |
Cambridgeshire | 10 |
Channel Islands | 6 |
Cheshire | 343 |
Cornwall | 4 |
Cumberland | 13 |
Derbyshire | 316 |
Devon | 243 |
Dorset | 82 |
Durham | 55 |
Essex | 159 |
Gloucestershire | 91 |
Hampshire | 542 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 109 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 117 |
Lancashire | 778 |
Leicestershire | 56 |
Lincolnshire | 36 |
London | 856 |
Middlesex | 189 |
Northumberland | 9 |
Norfolk | 39 |
Northamptonshire | 34 |
Nottinghamshire | 173 |
Oxfordshire | 64 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
Shropshire | 36 |
Suffolk | 39 |
Somerset | 105 |
Surrey | 406 |
Sussex | 189 |
Staffordshire | 316 |
Warwickshire | 180 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 177 |
Worcestershire | 104 |
Yorkshire | 473 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 40 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 4 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 2 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Scholar | 1,424 |
Agricultural Labourer | 134 |
Domestic Servant | 87 |
Labourer | 80 |
Coal Miner | 78 |
General Labourer | 66 |
Dress Maker | 48 |
General Servant | 45 |
Laundress | 44 |
Carpenter | 40 |
Farm Labourer | 40 |
Charwoman | 39 |
Cotton Weaver | 29 |
Bricklayer | 26 |
House Keeper | 24 |
General Servant Domestic | 21 |
Annuitant | 18 |
Carter | 17 |
Servant | 16 |
Farmers Son | 16 |
Painter | 15 |
Blacksmith | 14 |
Cook Domestic Servant | 14 |
Licensed Victualler | 14 |
Plaiter | 12 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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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