Syme Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 6
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Syme Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Syme family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Miller 1
Millers Wife 1
Servant 1
Formerly Hand Loom Cotton Weaver 1
Salesman To Draper 1
Proprietor Of Houses 1
Widow Of Singer R N 1
Footman 1
Labourer 1
Printer Compositor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Syme

Name Census Frequency
William Syme 44
John Syme 38
James Syme 33
Jane Syme 22
Mary Syme 21
Elizabeth Syme 16
George Syme 16
Henry Syme 14
Sarah Syme 14
Ann Syme 12
David Syme 12
Thomas Syme 11
Agnes Syme 10
Frances Syme 10
Peter Syme 9
Catherine Syme 8
Ellen Syme 8
Janet Syme 8
Margaret Syme 8
Robert Syme 8
Annie Syme 7
Emma Syme 7
Frederick Syme 7
Kate Syme 7
Walter Syme 7

Syme Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sime 75% 1,348
2 Syme 100% 630
3 Sym 75% 138

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The surname Syme is the 2nd most popular variant of Sime.

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