Upper 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 4
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 4
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

Upper Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Upper family

Profession Census Frequency
Laundress 2
Cook 1
Fisherman's Wife 1
Paper Bag Maker 1
Railway Works 1
Shoemakers Spidow 1
Painter 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Carpenter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Upper

Name Census Frequency
Mary Upper 8
Elizabeth Upper 7
George Upper 6
Charles Upper 5
John Upper 5
William Upper 5
Arthur Upper 3
Edward Upper 3
Ann Upper 2
Annie Upper 2
Disdride Upper 2
Frank Upper 2
Fredrick Upper 2
Henry Upper 2
Louisa Upper 2
Margaret Upper 2
Rebecca Upper 2
Richard Upper 2
Samuel Upper 2
Sarah Upper 2
Alfred Upper 1
Amos Upper 1
Anne Upper 1
Caroline Upper 1
Charlotte Upper 1

Upper Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Piper 60% 40,273
2 Paper 60% 1,809
3 Peper 60% 785
4 Poper 60% 591
5 Pauper 50% 103
6 Upper 100% 101

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The surname Upper is the 6th most popular variant of Piper.

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