Llewellyn Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 12
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 39
Cornwall 18
Cumberland 16
Derbyshire 6
Devon 23
Dorset 12
Durham 109
Essex 19
Gloucestershire 110
Hampshire 42
Herefordshire 77
Hertfordshire 9
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 2
Kent 96
Lancashire 298
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 327
Middlesex 80
Northumberland 49
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 35
Suffolk 2
Somerset 64
Surrey 62
Sussex 27
Staffordshire 202
Warwickshire 131
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 27
Worcestershire 64
Yorkshire 141

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 32
Cardiganshire 56
Carnarvonshire 13
Carmarthenshire 192
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 3
Glamorgan 2,941
Merionethshire 3
Montgomeryshire 26
Monmouthshire 569
Pembrokeshire 461
Radnorshire 1

Llewellyn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Llewellyn family

Profession Census Frequency
School 716
Coal Miner Hewer 166
Farmer 61
Private Means 38
Dressmaker 34
Labourer 34
Coal Miner (hewer) 32
Collier Hewer 31
At School 30
General Servant (domestic) 28
General Labourer 23
Domestic Servant 21
Coal Miner 20
Haulier 20
Shop Assistant 19
Housekeeper 19
At Home 19
Collier (hewer) 19
Clerk 18
Farm Labourer 18
Carpenter 17
General Servant Domestic 16
Grocer 15
Assisting In Business 14
Colliery Labourer 14

Most Frequent Forenames for Llewellyn

Name Census Frequency
Mary Llewellyn 2,123
William Llewellyn 1,903
Thomas Llewellyn 1,663
John Llewellyn 1,594
Elizabeth Llewellyn 1,248
David Llewellyn 1,053
Margaret Llewellyn 769
Sarah Llewellyn 741
Ann Llewellyn 681
George Llewellyn 523
James Llewellyn 522
Jane Llewellyn 476
Catherine Llewellyn 420
Evan Llewellyn 377
Annie Llewellyn 325
Martha Llewellyn 300
Henry Llewellyn 263
Hannah Llewellyn 260
Edward Llewellyn 252
Charles Llewellyn 245
Edith Llewellyn 235
Eliza Llewellyn 233
Richard Llewellyn 233
Arthur Llewellyn 198
Alice Llewellyn 195

Llewellyn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Llewellyn 100% 27,005
2 Llewelyn 89% 5,751
3 Lewellyn 89% 1,769
4 Llewellen 89% 738
5 Lewelyn 78% 718
6 Llewllyn 89% 584
7 Lewellen 78% 432
8 Llwellyn 89% 327
9 Llawellyn 89% 157

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

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