Walmsly 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
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 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Walmsly Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Walmsly family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Domestic Servant 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Factory Hand 1
Labourer 1
Printer 1
Rover Cotton Mill 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Walmsly

Name Census Frequency
Mary Walmsly 25
James Walmsly 17
Thomas Walmsly 17
William Walmsly 17
John Walmsly 16
Alice Walmsly 10
Margaret Walmsly 10
Sarah Walmsly 10
Elizabeth Walmsly 9
Jane Walmsly 8
Henry Walmsly 7
Ann Walmsly 6
Ellen Walmsly 5
George Walmsly 5
Joseph Walmsly 5
Robert Walmsly 5
Annie Walmsly 4
Nancy Walmsly 4
Samuel Walmsly 4
Edward Walmsly 3
Emma Walmsly 3
Esther Walmsly 3
Isabella Walmsly 3
Ada Walmsly 2
Alfred Walmsly 2

Walmsly Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Walmsley 88% 43,475
2 Walmesley 78% 1,567
3 Walmsly 100% 277
4 Wolmsley 75% 195
5 Walmisley 78% 112

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The surname Walmsly is the 3rd most popular variant of Walmsley.

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