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100 most common surnames of England & Wales
« on: Monday 18 June 07 13:33 BST (UK) »
starting with the commonest:

1. Smith
2. Jones
3. Williams
4. Taylor
5. Brown
6. Davies
7. Evans
8. Wilson
9. Thomas
10. Johnson
11. Roberts
12. Robinson
13. Thompson
14. Wright
15. Walker
16. White
17. Edwards
18. Hughes
19. Green
20. Hall
21. Lewis
22. Harris
23. Clarke
24. Patel
25. Jackson
26. Wood
27. Turner
28. Martin
29. Cooper
30. Hill
31. Ward
32. Morris
33. Moore
34. Clark
35. Lee
36. King
37. Baker
38. Harrison
39. Morgan
40. Allen
41. James
42. Scott
43. Phillips
44. Watson
45. Davis
46. Parker
47. Price
48. Bennett
49. Young
50. Griffiths
51. Mitchell
52. Kelly
53. Cook
54. Carter
55. Richardson
56. Bailey
57. Collins
58. Bell
59. Shaw
60. Murphy
61. Miller
62. Cox
63. Richards
64. Khan
65. Marshall
66. Anderson
67. Simpson
68. Ellis
69. Adams
70. Singh
71. Begum
72. Wilkinson
73. Foster
74. Chapman
75. Powell
76. Webb
77. Rogers
78. Gray
79. Mason
80. Ali
81. Hunt
82. Hussain
83. Campbell
84. Matthews
85. Owen
86. Palmer
87. Holmes
88. Mills
89. Barnes
90. Knight
91. Lloyd
92. Butler
93. Russell
94. Barker
95. Fisher
96. Stevens
97. Jenkins
98. Murray
99. Dixon
100. Harvey

my great grandparents come in at number 4!
Holman & Vinton- Cornwall, Wojciechowskyj & Hussak- Bukowiec & Zahutyn, Bentley & Richards- Leicester, Taylor-Kent/Sussex  Punnett-Sussex,  Bear/e- Monkleigh Gazey-Warwicks

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Re: 100 most common surnames of England & Wales
« Reply #1 on: Monday 18 June 07 13:44 BST (UK) »
For comparison:

Surname Interests Table (SIT)

The "Ten Most-Wanted ..."

  #1 : SMITH    422
  #2 : JONES    320
  #3 : TAYLOR    239
  #4 : BROWN    216
  #5 : WILLIAMS 207
  #6 : WILSON    187
  #7 : WHITE    156
  #8 : WALKER    151
  #9 : DAVIES    146
#10 : ROBERTS  142

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Re: 100 most common surnames of England & Wales
« Reply #2 on: Monday 18 June 07 16:20 BST (UK) »
I have 1, 4, 10, 14, 16, 19, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 40, 46, 55, 58, 59, 67, 68, 72, 73, 87, 88, 92, 99 as ancestors in my tree.  Glad to see that my surname makes the top 100 too, although that's not a good thing genealogically speaking :P

Edit: I forgot quite a few.  I've got a quarter of that list just in my ancestors :P

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Re: 100 most common surnames of England & Wales
« Reply #3 on: Monday 18 June 07 16:33 BST (UK) »
Not many of mine in the top 100, though my g-grandmother (Winifred MOORE) comes in at 33.  I have to go back to my ggg-grandmother for another common one: Mahala LEE (35).

Thank goodness for uncommon names :)

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Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: 100 most common surnames of England & Wales
« Reply #4 on: Monday 18 June 07 20:42 BST (UK) »
I only have Collins and Palmer for England. I do have Moore, Murphy and Martin, but they are my Irish lot. All in all, not too bad.

Kath
Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA

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Re: 100 most common surnames of England & Wales
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 19 June 07 09:11 BST (UK) »
is page not in there i have walker no 15 / turner no 27 / ward no 31 / parker no 46 / simpson no 67 / holmes no 87 /

im suprised morton wasnt in there ?
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Re: 100 most common surnames of England & Wales
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 19 June 07 18:42 BST (UK) »
i only have williams as my mums maiden name - all other surnames are really quite rare.
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Surname interests:<br />Salter, Fulford, Woodcock, Finney, Tissington, Driscoll, Shea, Maxfield, Collier, Hughes, Williams, Petty, Pearson, Prescott, Baldwin, <br /><br />Area interests:<br />West Riding Yorkshire: Rotherham, Hemsworth, Darfield, Sheffield<br />Worcestershire/Staffordshire: Oldbury, West Bromwich, Halesowen, White Heath<br />Lancashire: Wigan, Aspull, <br />Nottinghamshire: Worksop<br />erbyshire:alfreton, ironville, codnor

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Re: 100 most common surnames of England & Wales
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 19 June 07 19:24 BST (UK) »
Where did this come from?

Surprised that Burton does not feature.
BENNET(T); NRY- Brotton, CON
BURTON; NRY- Saltburn, Guisborough, Marske, Stokesley
Judge Newark Lincoln BURTON , USA
DALES; NRY- Brotton, LIN - Orby
DAVIES
GEORGE: GLA - Oystermouth & Penarth, CON
LINCOLN. Middlesbrough, NRY, Durham
PERRETT Gloucestershire
QUESTED London. Assisting with One-name Study.
TRASK; GLA - Cardiff, Barry etc, SOM - South Petherton
WESTED

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Re: 100 most common surnames of England & Wales
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 20 June 07 19:31 BST (UK) »
I've got Wilson, Wright, Clark, Young and Stevens. Although all but Clark (my grt-grandmother) are several generations back!!

Luckily the main surnames I am researching are rare in general, but annoyingly common in their areas. :-\

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