Wallace Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Wallace Name Meaning: Ethnic name for a Welsh speaker from Anglo-Norman French 'waleis' meaning Welsh or Old English 'wealh' meaning foreign.

First used by a family from English/Scottish borders & given to a person who they believed to be foreign. The first Wallis was found in Ayrshire in ancient times.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Wallace Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wallace family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 509
Agricultural Labourer 116
House Servant 85
Labourer 80
At Home 61
Dress Maker 53
Servant 49
Coal Miner 43
Farm Labourer 38
Tailor 28
Annuitant 25
House Keeper 24
Laundress 23
Lead Miner 23
Shoe Maker 23
General Servant 20
Gardener 18
Wife 16
Scholar At Home 16
Blacksmith 15
Cook 14
Milliner 14
Fund Holder 13
Engineer 13
Pauper 12

Wallace Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wallace 100% 68,038
2 Wallice 86% 1,627
3 Wallce 86% 373
4 Walace 86% 242
5 Willace 86% 151

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The surname Wallace is the most popular version of all its varients

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