Whissell 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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 13
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

Whissell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whissell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Farmers Miller 26 Acres Employing 1 Man 4
Assistant Parents 2
Painter Master 1
Grocer & Cheesemonger 1
Assistant 1
Collector Taxes 1
Dressmaker 1
Publican 1
Watch Maker 1
Woollen Draper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whissell

Name Census Frequency
William Whissell 24
George Whissell 21
Mary Whissell 20
Ann Whissell 12
John Whissell 11
Thomas Whissell 11
Elizabeth Whissell 10
Frederick Whissell 7
Sarah Whissell 7
James Whissell 6
Louisa Whissell 6
Charles Whissell 4
Emma Whissell 4
Henry Whissell 4
Jane Whissell 4
Margaret Whissell 4
Ada Whissell 3
Alice Whissell 3
Ellen Whissell 3
Frances Whissell 2
Frank Whissell 2
Jessie Whissell 2
Joseph Whissell 2
Maria Whissell 2
Robert Whissell 2

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