Willett Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 27
Buckinghamshire 87
Berkshire 14
Cambridgeshire 24
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 190
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 22
Devon 5
Dorset 11
Durham 11
Essex 266
Gloucestershire 77
Hampshire 70
Herefordshire 15
Hertfordshire 59
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 144
Lancashire 186
Leicestershire 192
Lincolnshire 15
London 559
Middlesex 128
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 45
Northamptonshire 67
Nottinghamshire 44
Oxfordshire 55
Rutland 0
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 43
Somerset 16
Surrey 201
Sussex 294
Staffordshire 260
Warwickshire 70
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 45
Yorkshire 115

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 5
Glamorgan 50
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 25
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Willett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Willett family

Profession Census Frequency
School 318
None 33
Private Means 33
Farm Labourer 28
Dressmaker 27
Farmer 19
General Servant (domestic) 17
General Labourer 16
Scholar 16
Labourer 14
Clerk 13
Cook (domestic) 12
Domestic Servant 12
At School 12
Dress Maker 11
Bricklayer 11
Cowman On Farm 10
At Home 10
Gardener Domestic 10
Assisting In The Business 10
Coal Miner Hewer 10
Labourer On Farm 8
General Servant 8
Domestic 8
Nil 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Willett

Name Census Frequency
Mary Willett 949
William Willett 910
John Willett 877
Elizabeth Willett 711
Thomas Willett 621
Sarah Willett 618
George Willett 607
James Willett 442
Charles Willett 429
Henry Willett 377
Joseph Willett 347
Ann Willett 313
Emma Willett 281
Eliza Willett 277
Jane Willett 245
Ellen Willett 237
Frederick Willett 237
Edward Willett 233
Annie Willett 231
Samuel Willett 220
Arthur Willett 219
Alice Willett 207
Alfred Willett 206
Hannah Willett 204
Emily Willett 202

Willett Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Willett 100% 17,322
2 Woollett 75% 4,545
3 Willott 86% 2,516
4 Wallett 86% 1,746
5 Willet 86% 1,482
6 Woollatt 63% 1,240
7 Willatt 86% 1,104
8 Willitt 86% 438
9 Wollett 86% 350
10 Wellett 86% 274
11 Wollatt 71% 109

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The surname Willett is the most popular version of all its varients

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