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 | 140 |
Buckinghamshire | 36 |
Berkshire | 171 |
Cambridgeshire | 9 |
Channel Islands | 7 |
Cheshire | 451 |
Cornwall | 11 |
Cumberland | 6 |
Derbyshire | 321 |
Devon | 240 |
Dorset | 94 |
Durham | 76 |
Essex | 316 |
Gloucestershire | 118 |
Hampshire | 642 |
Herefordshire | 6 |
Hertfordshire | 112 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 7 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 152 |
Lancashire | 998 |
Leicestershire | 30 |
Lincolnshire | 45 |
London | 1,084 |
Middlesex | 266 |
Northumberland | 13 |
Norfolk | 58 |
Northamptonshire | 34 |
Nottinghamshire | 219 |
Oxfordshire | 55 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 7 |
Shropshire | 33 |
Suffolk | 54 |
Somerset | 115 |
Surrey | 474 |
Sussex | 236 |
Staffordshire | 423 |
Warwickshire | 243 |
Westmorland | 7 |
Wiltshire | 163 |
Worcestershire | 124 |
Yorkshire | 567 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 1 |
Cardiganshire | 6 |
Carnarvonshire | 1 |
Carmarthenshire | 1 |
Denbighshire | 2 |
Flintshire | 1 |
Glamorgan | 82 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 1 |
Monmouthshire | 34 |
Pembrokeshire | 1 |
Radnorshire | 1 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
General Labourer | 115 |
Living On Own Means | 85 |
General Servant Domestic | 77 |
Dress Maker | 60 |
Scholar | 60 |
Cook Domestic | 43 |
Carpenter | 40 |
House Maid Domestic | 36 |
Bricklayer | 36 |
Domestic Servant | 35 |
Gardener Domestic | 35 |
Housemaid Domestic | 33 |
Farmer | 31 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 27 |
Cotton Weaver | 25 |
House Painter | 20 |
Blacksmith | 20 |
Laundress Wash | 19 |
House Keeper Domestic | 18 |
Charwoman | 17 |
Laundress | 16 |
Plasterer | 16 |
Agricultural Labourer | 16 |
Coal Miner C Hewer | 16 |
Dressmaker | 16 |
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