Take Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hampshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lincolnshire 1
Northumberland 2
Yorkshire 7
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Take Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Take family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Pupil 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Take

Name Census Frequency
William Take 26
Mary Take 22
John Take 17
James Take 14
Jane Take 14
George Take 13
Frederick Take 11
Alice Take 10
Thomas Take 10
Annie Take 9
Elizabeth Take 8
Alfred Take 6
Ann Take 6
Charles Take 6
Hannah Take 6
Sarah Take 6
Catherine Take 5
Edward Take 5
Eliza Take 5
Ellen Take 5
Emma Take 5
Francis Take 5
Henry Take 5
Susan Take 5
Edith Take 4

Take Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tooke 60% 3,783
2 Took 25% 2,638
3 Tuke 75% 2,481
4 Take 100% 353
5 Tike 75% 123
6 Teek 25% 122
7 Toke 75% 117

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The surname Take is the 4th most popular variant of Tooke.

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