Tams 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 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 11
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 31
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Tams Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tams family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Potter 5
Labourer 2
House Servant 2
Potter Lathe Treader 2
Dressmaker 1
Shoe Maker 1
Blacksmith 1
Curate At Lois Wooden 1
Basket Maker 1
Carreis Bricks At Brick 1
Potter Handler 1
Potter Ovenman 1
Potter Paper Cutter 1
Potter Saggar Maker 1
Potter Signer Turner 1
Potters Ovenman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tams

Name Census Frequency
Mary Tams 73
James Tams 66
William Tams 66
John Tams 52
George Tams 50
Elizabeth Tams 47
Thomas Tams 46
Sarah Tams 41
Jane Tams 28
Charles Tams 23
Joseph Tams 22
Alice Tams 20
Annie Tams 19
Ellen Tams 18
Ann Tams 17
Emily Tams 17
Martha Tams 17
Frederick Tams 16
Henry Tams 15
Arthur Tams 14
Emma Tams 14
Edward Tams 13
Enoch Tams 13
Harriet Tams 13
Samuel Tams 13

Tams Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Toms 75% 17,078
2 Tims 75% 4,910
3 Tomes 60% 3,818
4 Tams 100% 1,163
5 Tomas 60% 503
6 Tooms 60% 323
7 Times 60% 185
8 Tames 80% 165
9 Toomes 50% 133

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The surname Tams is the 4th most popular variant of Toms.

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