Wads Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cheshire 1
Derbyshire 2
Hunts and Rutland 0
London 2
Norfolk 5
Suffolk 1
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wads Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wads family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 1
Tobacconist 1
Labourer 1
Beer Seller 1
Grinder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wads

Name Census Frequency
William Wads 22
Mary Wads 21
John Wads 11
Joseph Wads 11
Hannah Wads 9
Sarah Wads 9
Elizabeth Wads 8
James Wads 8
Charles Wads 7
Edward Wads 7
Alice Wads 6
Henry Wads 6
Robert Wads 6
Thomas Wads 6
Ann Wads 5
George Wads 5
Margaret Wads 5
Annie Wads 4
Eliza Wads 4
Emma Wads 4
Frederick Wads 4
Jane Wads 4
Richard Wads 4
Harriet Wads 3
Maria Wads 3

Wads Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Woods 60% 134,160
2 Weeds 60% 1,272
3 Awdas 40% 621
4 Wadds 80% 453
5 Wads 100% 273
6 Wades 80% 253

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

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