Wallace Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Wallace Name Meaning: Ethnic name for a Welsh speaker from Anglo-Norman French 'waleis' meaning Welsh or Old English 'wealh' meaning foreign.

First used by a family from English/Scottish borders & given to a person who they believed to be foreign. The first Wallis was found in Ayrshire in ancient times.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Wallace Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wallace family

Profession Census Frequency
School 1,424
Private Means 129
Coal Miner Hewer 111
General Labourer 100
Labourer 97
General Servant (domestic) 81
Farm Labourer 76
None 71
Domestic Servant 66
At School 59
Dressmaker 58
Clerk 53
At Home 48
Dock Labourer 48
House Painter 46
House Keeper 39
Charwoman 37
Housekeeper 36
Shop Assistant 35
Farmer 31
Laundress 30
Labourer General 28
Scholar 28
Soldier 28
General Servant Domestic 27

Wallace Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wallace 100% 68,038
2 Wallice 86% 1,627
3 Wallce 86% 373
4 Walace 86% 242
5 Willace 86% 151

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The surname Wallace is the most popular version of all its varients

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