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 1,987
Agricultural Labourer 156
Labourer 128
Coal Miner 110
General Labourer 101
Domestic Servant 99
Dress Maker 93
General Servant 81
Annuitant 49
Laundress 49
General Servant Domestic 46
Tailor 38
Joiner 37
House Keeper 33
Carpenter 31
Charwoman 29
Clerk 24
Servant 24
Painter 23
Hawker 22
Farm Labourer 22
Blacksmith 21
Grocer 20
No Occupation 20
Farm Servant 20

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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