Wilner 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 1
Derbyshire 14
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 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

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

Wilner Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wilner family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Labourer 3
Silk Mill 3
Silk Ribbon Weaver 3
House Servant 2
Laundress 2
Annuitant 1
Faggot Binder 1
Farmers Servant 1
House Maid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wilner

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wilner 24
William Wilner 21
John Wilner 16
Thomas Wilner 16
Sarah Wilner 14
Elizabeth Wilner 12
James Wilner 10
George Wilner 9
Annie Wilner 8
Frederick Wilner 8
Henry Wilner 8
Emily Wilner 7
Joseph Wilner 7
Ann Wilner 6
Arthur Wilner 6
Charles Wilner 6
Emma Wilner 6
Eliza Wilner 5
Hannah Wilner 5
Robert Wilner 5
Samuel Wilner 5
Alfred Wilner 4
Alice Wilner 4
David Wilner 4
Edith Wilner 4

Wilner Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Woolner 71% 2,696
2 Wilner 100% 373
3 Walner 83% 296
4 Willner 86% 120

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The surname Wilner is the 2nd most popular variant of Woolner.

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