Walls Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Walls Name Meaning: A topographic name for someone who lived by a stone wall,either to support a town or to stop invasion of the 'sea' a 'spring',or 'stream'.

The first recorded spelling of the name is that of 'Robert De La Walle'.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Walls Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Walls family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 49
General Labourer 44
Scholar 30
Cook Domestic 29
General Servant Domestic 27
Domestic Servant 26
Dress Maker 25
Coal Miner Hewer 24
Cotton Weaver 24
Housemaid Domestic 18
Tailor 15
Tailoress 13
Coal Hewer 12
Farmer 11
Agricultural Labourer 11
Carpenter 10
Draper Assistant 9
Railway Porter 9
Butcher 8
House Maid Domestic 8
Laundress Wash 8
Nurse Domestic 8
Plumber 8
Coachman Domestic 8
Railway Clerk 8

Walls Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wells 80% 171,754
2 Willis 67% 106,940
3 Wills 80% 78,607
4 Wallis 83% 73,315
5 Walls 100% 27,068
6 Willes 67% 9,795
7 Walles 83% 4,645
8 Wellis 67% 2,620
9 Willies 57% 2,051
10 Wallas 83% 1,603
11 Welles 67% 1,413
12 Woolls 67% 558
13 Willas 67% 375
14 Wallies 71% 223
15 Willsea 57% 214
16 Willias 57% 191
17 Woollas 57% 181
18 Wallase 71% 131
19 Wals 80% 129
20 Woollis 57% 121
21 Wollas 67% 107
22 Wollis 67% 101

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The surname Walls is the 5th most popular variant of Wells.

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