Wad Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Wad Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wad family

Profession Census Frequency
Hospital Nurse 1
Servant 1
Actor 1
None 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Joiner Builler 1
Grocer Non Shop 1
Farmer 1

Wad Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wood 50% 662,957
2 Wade 75% 87,141
3 Weed 50% 2,171
4 Wide 50% 1,219
5 Waud 75% 942
6 Waid 75% 926
7 Waide 60% 905
8 Wadd 75% 842
9 Woode 40% 410
10 Awde 25% 269
11 Woodd 40% 236
12 Wodd 50% 219
13 Wead 75% 142
14 Wode 50% 133
15 Wad 100% 132
16 Wood House 20% 129
17 Wied 50% 126
18 Waude 60% 111

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The surname Wad is the 15th most popular variant of Wood.

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