Wallis Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Wallis 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

Wallis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wallis family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,908
Agricultural Labourer 216
Dress Maker 114
Labourer 92
General Labourer 88
Domestic Servant 70
Carpenter 65
Laundress 55
General Servant 54
Annuitant 46
Farm Labourer 43
Coal Miner 40
Gardener 37
Bricklayer 34
House Keeper 34
Farmers Son 34
General Servant Domestic 32
Lace Maker 32
No Occupation 29
Baker 28
Clerk 22
Painter 22
Railway Porter 21
Shoe Maker 21
Tailoress 21

Wallis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wells 67% 171,754
2 Willis 83% 106,940
3 Wills 67% 78,607
4 Wallis 100% 73,315
5 Walls 83% 27,068
6 Willes 67% 9,795
7 Walles 83% 4,645
8 Wellis 83% 2,620
9 Willies 71% 2,051
10 Wallas 83% 1,603
11 Welles 67% 1,413
12 Walliss 86% 1,402
13 Woolls 50% 558
14 Willas 67% 375
15 Walis 83% 332
16 Wallies 86% 223
17 Willsea 43% 214
18 Willias 71% 191
19 Woollas 57% 181
20 Wallase 71% 131
21 Woollis 71% 121
22 Wollas 67% 107
23 Wollis 83% 101

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The surname Wallis is the 4th most popular variant of Wells.

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