Wades 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 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 12
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Wades Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wades family

Profession Census Frequency
Black Smith Journeyman 2
Medical Practitioner 1
Blacksmith 1
Cook 1
Musical Instrument Maker 1
Wife 1
Carter 1
Carters Wife 1
Worsted Winder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wades

Name Census Frequency
John Wades 20
Mary Wades 14
Thomas Wades 11
William Wades 11
Elizabeth Wades 10
Ann Wades 8
James Wades 8
Sarah Wades 8
Charles Wades 6
Ellen Wades 6
Robert Wades 6
Eliza Wades 5
George Wades 5
Henry Wades 5
Joseph Wades 5
Ada Wades 4
Alfred Wades 4
Emma Wades 4
Arthur Wades 3
Benjamin Wades 3
Edward Wades 3
Emily Wades 3
Frederick Wades 3
Margaret Wades 3
Laura Wades 2

Wades Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Woods 40% 134,160
2 Weeds 40% 1,272
3 Awdas 40% 621
4 Wads 80% 273
5 Wades 100% 253

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The surname Wades is the 5th most popular variant of Woods.

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