Stretton Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
Buckinghamshire 12
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 35
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 48
Devon 16
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 24
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 11
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 0
Kent 13
Lancashire 213
Leicestershire 286
Lincolnshire 16
London 165
Middlesex 49
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 107
Nottinghamshire 104
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 3
Somerset 8
Surrey 34
Sussex 49
Staffordshire 390
Warwickshire 175
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 32
Yorkshire 121

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Stretton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Stretton family

Profession Census Frequency
School 234
Coal Miner Hewer 19
Labourer 16
Farm Labourer 16
None 15
Private Means 15
General Labourer 11
Scholar 11
Farmer 11
Bricklayer 11
Carpenter 9
Dressmaker 8
General Servant (domestic) 8
At Home 7
No Occupation 7
House Keeper 6
Clerk 5
Housemaid (domestic) 5
Student 5
Brewers Labourer 5
Baker 5
House Painter 5
Labourer On Farm 5
Domestic Servant (general) 4
Carter 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Stretton

Name Census Frequency
William Stretton 692
Mary Stretton 587
John Stretton 575
Thomas Stretton 462
Sarah Stretton 420
Elizabeth Stretton 352
Joseph Stretton 307
George Stretton 263
Ann Stretton 244
Henry Stretton 179
Charles Stretton 175
Jane Stretton 161
James Stretton 158
Samuel Stretton 152
Eliza Stretton 150
Alice Stretton 134
Arthur Stretton 133
Annie Stretton 132
Ellen Stretton 129
Emma Stretton 121
Alfred Stretton 107
Florence Stretton 95
Robert Stretton 88
Edward Stretton 86
Hannah Stretton 85

Stretton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Stratton 88% 15,978
2 Stretton 100% 9,386
3 Streeton 88% 2,140
4 Stratten 75% 1,242
5 Strutton 88% 1,091
6 Stretten 88% 320
7 Streton 88% 146
8 Strotton 88% 136
9 Stritton 88% 129

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The surname Stretton is the 2nd most popular variant of Stratton.

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