Tant Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cornwall 1
Essex 47
Hertfordshire 2
Hunts and Rutland 0
London 10
Northumberland 1
Oxfordshire 10
Suffolk 6
Somerset 2
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 1
Westmorland 6
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Surrey 0
Warwickshire 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Tant Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tant family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 8
Male Servant 4
Butcher 3
Female Servant 3
Carpenter 2
Jobber 2
Ag Labourer 2
Shoe Maker 2
Thatcher 1
J Cabinet Maker 1
Hawker 1
Warehouseman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tant

Name Census Frequency
William Tant 106
Mary Tant 74
George Tant 69
Elizabeth Tant 45
James Tant 45
John Tant 40
Thomas Tant 37
Charles Tant 35
Sarah Tant 30
Emma Tant 29
Eliza Tant 27
Alice Tant 26
Annie Tant 23
Emily Tant 22
Jane Tant 20
Ann Tant 19
Frederick Tant 17
Henry Tant 16
Edith Tant 15
Alfred Tant 14
Arthur Tant 14
Harriet Tant 14
Joseph Tant 14
Ellen Tant 13
Albert Tant 12

Tant Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tant 100% 1,219
2 Taunt 80% 635
3 Tont 75% 253
4 Tent 75% 235
5 Tunt 75% 104

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The surname Tant is the most popular version of all its varients

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