Wiilliams 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 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Wiilliams Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiilliams family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Agricultural Labourer 1
Farmer Of 40 Acres 1
Baker & Merchant 1
Housemaid Domestic Servant 1
Seaman 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Retired Hatter 1
Retired Draper 1
Helper Refiner 1
Refiner In Iron 1
Army 1
Surveyor Of Highways 1
Washerwoman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wiilliams

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Wiilliams 12
William Wiilliams 11
John Wiilliams 7
Edward Wiilliams 6
Jane Wiilliams 6
Margaret Wiilliams 6
Samuel Wiilliams 5
Ann Wiilliams 4
Henry Wiilliams 4
Mary Wiilliams 4
Sarah Wiilliams 4
Eleanor Wiilliams 3
Eliza Wiilliams 3
Ellen Wiilliams 3
George Wiilliams 3
James Wiilliams 3
Albert Wiilliams 2
Alfred Wiilliams 2
Anna Wiilliams 2
Anne Wiilliams 2
Caroline Wiilliams 2
Charles Wiilliams 2
Charlotte Wiilliams 2
David Wiilliams 2
Robert Wiilliams 2

Wiilliams Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Williams 89% 1,611,436
2 Willams 78% 1,943
3 Wiliams 78% 1,314
4 Willimas 67% 1,246
5 Woollams 67% 946
6 Willaims 67% 635
7 Willims 78% 435
8 Williames 78% 303
9 Woolliams 78% 196
10 Wiilliams 100% 136
11 Wlliams 78% 121
12 Welliams 78% 107

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The surname Wiilliams is the 10th most popular variant of Williams.

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