Wafer 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 2
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 19
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
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 0

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

Wafer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wafer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Labourer 4
Carter 2
Carman 1
General Labourer 1
Infant 1
Railway Porter 1
Dock Labourer 1
Factory Labourer Store Keeper 1
General Servant 1
Labourer Wife 1
Prostitute 1
Bandsman 1
Milliner 1
Traveller In Books 1
Coal Miner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wafer

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wafer 37
James Wafer 26
Margaret Wafer 17
Thomas Wafer 16
John Wafer 15
Peter Wafer 11
Annie Wafer 9
Michael Wafer 9
Ann Wafer 8
George Wafer 8
Andrew Wafer 7
Catherine Wafer 7
Elizabeth Wafer 7
Maria Wafer 7
Patrick Wafer 7
Sarah Wafer 7
Bridget Wafer 6
Ellen Wafer 6
Richard Wafer 6
William Wafer 6
Albert Wafer 5
Frank Wafer 5
Charles Wafer 4
Francis Wafer 4
Jane Wafer 4

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