Tanter 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 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 13
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 7
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
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

Tanter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tanter family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Needle Woman 3
Carpenter 1
Dress Maker 1
Cigar Maker 1
Errand Boy 1
Master Painter 1
Tobacco Stripper 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Farm Servant 1
Kitchen Maid 1
Lace Maker 1
Seamstress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tanter

Name Census Frequency
Mary Tanter 13
Joseph Tanter 12
John Tanter 9
Charles Tanter 8
Elizabeth Tanter 7
William Tanter 7
George Tanter 6
Sarah Tanter 6
Ann Tanter 5
Annie Tanter 5
Hannah Tanter 5
Henry Tanter 5
James Tanter 5
Thomas Tanter 5
Alfred Tanter 4
Francis Tanter 4
Caroline Tanter 3
Catherine Tanter 3
Edward Tanter 3
Eliza Tanter 3
Esther Tanter 3
Gertrude Tanter 3
Reuben Tanter 3
Samuel Tanter 3
Alice Tanter 2

Tanter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tenter 83% 241
2 Tanter 100% 195

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The surname Tanter is the 2nd most popular variant of Tenter.

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