Waks Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cornwall 1
Devon 7
Gloucestershire 8
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 7
London 5
Nottinghamshire 1
Somerset 4
Sussex 2
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Waks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Waks family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 5
Female Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Assistant 1
Male Servant 1
Mason 1
Painter Journeyman 1
Bricklayer 1
Railway Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Waks

Name Census Frequency
John Waks 15
Mary Waks 15
William Waks 13
Elizabeth Waks 11
Thomas Waks 11
George Waks 10
Charles Waks 8
Ann Waks 7
Eliza Waks 5
James Waks 5
Robert Waks 5
Alice Waks 4
Annie Waks 4
Ellen Waks 4
Frederick Waks 4
Jane Waks 4
Sarah Waks 4
Anne Waks 3
Caroline Waks 3
Hannah Waks 3
Harriet Waks 3
Henry Waks 3
Louisa Waks 3
Joseph Waks 2
Kate Waks 2

Waks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Weeks 60% 43,349
2 Weekes 50% 6,551
3 Wakes 80% 919
4 Weaks 80% 352
5 Waks 100% 220
6 Wikes 60% 218
7 Woakes 67% 208
8 Wokes 60% 151
9 Wox 25% 141

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The surname Waks is the 5th most popular variant of Weeks.

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