Wallis Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Wallis 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

Wallis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wallis family

Profession Census Frequency
School 1,341
Private Means 137
Farm Labourer 115
General Labourer 103
Labourer 77
None 75
General Servant (domestic) 72
Clerk 69
Dressmaker 68
Farmer 67
Bricklayer 64
At School 49
At Home 43
Carpenter 43
Domestic Servant 43
House Keeper 41
Assisting In The Business 36
Gardener Domestic 32
House Painter 32
Nil 30
Shop Assistant 30
Butcher 28
Carman 28
Dress Maker 28
Housekeeper 28

Wallis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wells 67% 171,754
2 Willis 83% 106,940
3 Wills 67% 78,607
4 Wallis 100% 73,315
5 Walls 83% 27,068
6 Willes 67% 9,795
7 Walles 83% 4,645
8 Wellis 83% 2,620
9 Willies 71% 2,051
10 Wallas 83% 1,603
11 Welles 67% 1,413
12 Walliss 86% 1,402
13 Woolls 50% 558
14 Willas 67% 375
15 Walis 83% 332
16 Wallies 86% 223
17 Willsea 43% 214
18 Willias 71% 191
19 Woollas 57% 181
20 Wallase 71% 131
21 Woollis 71% 121
22 Wollas 67% 107
23 Wollis 83% 101

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The surname Wallis is the 4th most popular variant of Wells.

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