Waish 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 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
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 7
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

Waish Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Waish family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Farmer 1
Butcher 1
Baker 1
Grocer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Waish

Name Census Frequency
William Waish 9
John Waish 8
James Waish 7
Mary Waish 5
Ellen Waish 4
George Waish 4
Emily Waish 3
Jane Waish 3
Jonathan Waish 3
Margaret Waish 3
Arthur Waish 2
Caroline Waish 2
Charlotte Waish 2
Elizabeth Waish 2
Florence Waish 2
Francis Waish 2
Frederick Waish 2
Henry Waish 2
Herbert Waish 2
Ada Waish 1
Albert Waish 1
Ann Waish 1
Annie Waish 1
Bryan Waish 1
Calph Waish 1

Waish Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wash 80% 5,609
2 Wish 80% 1,747
3 Wesh 60% 317
4 Waish 100% 101

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The surname Waish is the 4th most popular variant of Wash.

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