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'.
Discover how your Walls ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 8 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 25 |
| Channel Islands | 4 |
| Cheshire | 22 |
| Cornwall | 96 |
| Cumberland | 42 |
| Derbyshire | 8 |
| Devon | 38 |
| Dorset | 14 |
| Durham | 123 |
| Essex | 74 |
| Gloucestershire | 52 |
| Hampshire | 61 |
| Herefordshire | 6 |
| Hertfordshire | 41 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 7 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 55 |
| Lancashire | 411 |
| Leicestershire | 22 |
| Lincolnshire | 27 |
| London | 584 |
| Middlesex | 25 |
| Northumberland | 13 |
| Norfolk | 77 |
| Northamptonshire | 12 |
| Nottinghamshire | 22 |
| Oxfordshire | 2 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 7 |
| Shropshire | 4 |
| Suffolk | 48 |
| Somerset | 41 |
| Surrey | 39 |
| Sussex | 177 |
| Staffordshire | 42 |
| Warwickshire | 83 |
| Westmorland | 10 |
| Wiltshire | 7 |
| Worcestershire | 19 |
| Yorkshire | 395 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 1 |
| Cardiganshire | 3 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 6 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 8 |
| Pembrokeshire | 2 |
| Radnorshire | 1 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 432 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 131 |
| Labourer | 37 |
| Dress Maker | 37 |
| House Servant | 34 |
| Coal Miner | 30 |
| Servant | 26 |
| Laundress | 24 |
| House Keeper | 22 |
| Cook | 14 |
| Shoe Maker | 13 |
| Tin Miner | 13 |
| Domestic Servant | 12 |
| General Servant | 12 |
| Grocer | 12 |
| House Maid | 11 |
| Nurse | 10 |
| Carter | 10 |
| Railway Labourer | 9 |
| Blacksmith | 9 |
| Wife | 9 |
| Engineer | 9 |
| Charwoman | 9 |
| Farmer's Son | 9 |
| Gardener | 9 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Walls | 1,854 |
| William Walls | 1,807 |
| John Walls | 1,627 |
| Elizabeth Walls | 1,304 |
| Thomas Walls | 1,005 |
| George Walls | 934 |
| James Walls | 923 |
| Sarah Walls | 821 |
| Ann Walls | 607 |
| Jane Walls | 576 |
| Charles Walls | 564 |
| Henry Walls | 533 |
| Joseph Walls | 481 |
| Robert Walls | 416 |
| Margaret Walls | 408 |
| Ellen Walls | 381 |
| Alice Walls | 361 |
| Hannah Walls | 357 |
| Emma Walls | 345 |
| Eliza Walls | 327 |
| Annie Walls | 325 |
| Emily Walls | 314 |
| Alfred Walls | 308 |
| Edward Walls | 308 |
| Arthur Walls | 237 |
| 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 |
The surname Walls is the 5th most popular variant of Wells.