England - The Channel Islands and The Royal Navy
.............................In the order of greatest numbers to the least............................
County
Nos
Middlesex
6396
Surrey
3152
Warwickshire
2386
Somerset
2357
Staffordshire
2304
Gloucestershire
2097
Lancashire
2009
Yorkshire
1915
Kent
1775
Hampshire & IoW
1415
Devon
1258
Oxfordshire
1121
Worcestershire
1098
Essex
1072
Northamptonshire
1047
Berkshire
1030
Leicestershire
984
Dorset
919
Sussex
885
Lincolnshire
844
Derbyshire
772
Buckinghamshire
733
Bedfordshire
699
Nottinghamshire
696
Norfolk
659
Wiltshire
625
Glamorgan
494
Hertfordshire
482
Durham
481
Cambridgeshire
420
Cheshire
407
Shropshire/Salop
327
Monmouthshire
305
Suffolk
275
Herefordshire
207
Huntingdonshire
202
Cornwall
186
Rutland
145
Northumberland
136
Royal Navy
49
Cumberland
36
Breconshire
36
Jersey
35
Guernsey
34
Westmorland
18
Isle of Man
14
Wales
Flintshire 15 Carmarthenshire 14 Pembrokeshire
10
Caernarvonshire
9
Radnorshire
8
Anglesey
7
Merionethshire
5
Cardiganshire
4
Denbighshire
4
Miscellaneous
1
Montgomeryshire
0
The above numbers were taken from photocopies of each county provided by Ron Kent of the Bristol and Avon FHS.
Scotland has not been researched although some families do originate from there.
