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

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wathan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wathan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Wheelwright 1
House Keeper 1
Labourer Haulier 1
Nursery Maid 1
Engine Tender 1
Helper Roller 1
Labouring In The Works 1
Miner 1
Puddler 1
Private 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wathan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wathan 44
William Wathan 42
John Wathan 33
Thomas Wathan 24
Elizabeth Wathan 18
David Wathan 16
Sarah Wathan 16
James Wathan 12
Jane Wathan 10
Margaret Wathan 10
Eliza Wathan 9
Emily Wathan 9
Ann Wathan 7
Annie Wathan 7
Catherine Wathan 7
Hannah Wathan 7
Samuel Wathan 7
Jennet Wathan 6
Richard Wathan 6
Alice Wathan 5
Maggie Wathan 5
Albert Wathan 4
Alfred Wathan 4
Benjamin Wathan 4
Charles Wathan 4

Wathan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wathen 83% 3,008
2 Wathan 100% 491
3 Wathin 83% 256
4 Withen 67% 114

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The surname Wathan is the 2nd most popular variant of Wathen.

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