Tortoishell 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 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 24
Warwickshire 1
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

Tortoishell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tortoishell family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Cotton Doubler 3
Agricultural Labourer 1
Char Woman 1
Journeyman Butcher 1
Key Smith Journeyman 1
Labourer 1
Male Servant 1
Masons Labourer 1
Visitor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tortoishell

Name Census Frequency
Mary Tortoishell 16
Thomas Tortoishell 12
William Tortoishell 12
John Tortoishell 11
Elizabeth Tortoishell 10
Charles Tortoishell 8
George Tortoishell 7
Samuel Tortoishell 7
Edward Tortoishell 6
Ellen Tortoishell 5
Sarah Tortoishell 5
Alice Tortoishell 4
Florence Tortoishell 4
Albert Tortoishell 3
Ann Tortoishell 3
Annie Tortoishell 3
Cornelius Tortoishell 3
Ethel Tortoishell 3
Jonathan Tortoishell 3
Lydia Tortoishell 3
Caroline Tortoishell 2
Elsie Tortoishell 2
Jane Tortoishell 2
Laurina Tortoishell 2
Maria Tortoishell 2

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