Washam Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Washam Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Washam family

Profession Census Frequency
School 4
Cloth Looper Cotton 1
Freight Clerk Shipping 1
Mechenist 1
None 1
Town Perfumer 1
Domestic Servant General 1
General Servant (domestic) 1
Sick Nurse 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Washam

Name Census Frequency
William Washam 11
Thomas Washam 9
John Washam 6
Mary Washam 5
Jane Washam 4
Sarah Washam 4
Anne Washam 3
Elizabeth Washam 3
Ellen Washam 3
Florence Washam 3
George Washam 3
James Washam 3
Joseph Washam 3
Louisa Washam 3
Charlotte Washam 2
David Washam 2
Edwin Washam 2
Emma Washam 2
Fanny Washam 2
Hannah Washam 2
Jessie Washam 2
Letitia Washam 2
Lilian Washam 2
Margaret Washam 2
Richard Washam 2

Washam Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Washam 100% 127
2 Wiseham 71% 121
3 Wisham 83% 105

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

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