Tight 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 11
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 19
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 9
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
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

Tight Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tight family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Scholar 5
Weaver Cotton Mill 2
Carver 2
House Servant 1
Fruiterer 1
Fruiterers Wife 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Clerk 1
Servant 1
Tailor 1
Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tight

Name Census Frequency
Mary Tight 24
Elizabeth Tight 22
Thomas Tight 20
James Tight 18
John Tight 16
Charles Tight 15
William Tight 15
Emily Tight 8
Alfred Tight 7
Ann Tight 7
Margaret Tight 7
George Tight 6
Annie Tight 5
Arthur Tight 5
Henry Tight 5
Robert Tight 5
Catherine Tight 4
Frances Tight 4
Frederick Tight 4
Michael Tight 4
Minnie Tight 4
Rosa Tight 4
Florence Tight 3
Frank Tight 3
Georgina Tight 3

Tight Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tight 100% 329
2 Taught 67% 120

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

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