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Frequency of surnames

This page provides the links to surname frequency lists

The Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index is a genealogical finding aid comprising a surname index which lists over 356,000 people who were issued with marriage licences by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury between 1694 and 1850. The purpose of this page is to inform readers of the frequency of the 52,800 surnames occuring in the index. This site also contains essential background information about the index, how to purchase the full index or extracts of it and other related information which can be accessed from the site homepage.

The surnames below are followed by letters and numbers separated by colons. The letters correspond to time periods and the numbers refer to the number of entries for that surname in that time period. Please note that a few entries may be repeated (for example where the spouse of the person concerned had an alias and is indexed under more than one name).

Letter codes used in surname lists are as follows:
a = 1694 to 1725 b = 1726 to 1750 c = 1751 to 1775
d = 1776 to 1800 e = 1801 to 1825 f = 1826 to 1850

To look up a particular surname click on the appropriate letter range below:
A to Ba Be to Bo Br to Ce Ch to Cr Cu to Dr Du to Fl
Fo to Go Gr to Hi Ho to Ke Ki to Ly M to Me Mi to Oz
P to Py Q to Sc Se to St Su to Tr Tu to We Wh to end

Updated by David Squire 23 November 2000
Please notify me of any errors or broken links.