Gwillym 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 2
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 5
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gwillym Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gwillym family

Profession Census Frequency
Sailor 1
Resident In Hospital Formerly Chelsea Pensioner 1
Dress Maker 1
Head Fireman 1
Scholar 1
Farmer 17 Acres 1
Independent Gentlewoman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gwillym

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gwillym 21
Thomas Gwillym 20
William Gwillym 18
John Gwillym 17
Elizabeth Gwillym 13
Sarah Gwillym 13
David Gwillym 10
Charles Gwillym 9
Margaret Gwillym 8
Catherine Gwillym 7
Martha Gwillym 6
Robert Gwillym 6
Alfred Gwillym 5
Ann Gwillym 5
Eliza Gwillym 5
Emily Gwillym 5
George Gwillym 5
James Gwillym 5
Edward Gwillym 4
Ellen Gwillym 4
Harriett Gwillym 4
Richard Gwillym 4
Samuel Gwillym 4
Albert Gwillym 3
Rachel Gwillym 3

Gwillym Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gwilym 86% 429
2 Gwillym 100% 284

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The surname Gwillym is the 2nd most popular variant of Gwilym.

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