Thrift 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 16
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 16
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 39
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 8
Lincolnshire 11
London 58
Middlesex 14
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 2
Surrey 19
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Thrift Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Thrift family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 18
Agricultural Labourer 17
House Servant 8
Labourer 7
Servant 4
Coal Miner 4
Gardener 4
At Home 4
Farm Labourer 4
Sawyer 3
Carpenter 3
None 2
Seamstress 2
Shoe Maker 2
Scholar At Home 2
Agricultural Laborer 2
Cook 2
Horse Keeper 2
Laundress 2
Mariner 2
Plumber 2
Bar Maid 1
London City Missionary 1
Pattern & Model Maker 1
Plumber & Painter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Thrift

Name Census Frequency
Mary Thrift 179
William Thrift 170
John Thrift 124
Elizabeth Thrift 100
George Thrift 94
Sarah Thrift 87
Charles Thrift 84
James Thrift 69
Thomas Thrift 65
Henry Thrift 63
Eliza Thrift 44
Jane Thrift 39
Alfred Thrift 37
Robert Thrift 37
Emma Thrift 36
Alice Thrift 35
Ann Thrift 35
Emily Thrift 32
Arthur Thrift 30
Richard Thrift 28
Edward Thrift 24
Edith Thrift 23
Martha Thrift 23
Samuel Thrift 22
Walter Thrift 20

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