Wayward 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 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wayward Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wayward family

Profession Census Frequency
Assistant At Home 1
Electrical Engineer 1
Sanitary Engineer 1
Sanitary Traveller 1
Domestic Servant 1
Plate Layer 1
Apprentice To Tailoring 1
Asst In Above Business 1
Grocer Business 1
Domestic Servant When Out 1
Colliery Blacksmith 1
School 1
Student 1
Parlour Maid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wayward

Name Census Frequency
William Wayward 8
Mary Wayward 7
Charles Wayward 6
George Wayward 6
Thomas Wayward 6
Edward Wayward 4
Elizabeth Wayward 4
James Wayward 4
John Wayward 4
Emma Wayward 3
Florence Wayward 3
Jane Wayward 3
Sarah Wayward 3
Ada Wayward 2
Alfred Wayward 2
Ann Wayward 2
Caroline Wayward 2
Dorothy Wayward 2
Ernest Wayward 2
Gladys Wayward 1
Hannah Wayward 1
Harry Wayward 1
Henry Wayward 1
Job Wayward 1
Kate Wayward 1

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