Wave 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 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

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

Wave Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wave family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Agricultural Labourer 1
Farmer 1
Barber 1
Cork Cutter 1
Tin Plate Maker 1
Corn Factor 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Male Servant 1
Cord Wainer 1
Book Seller 1
Hawker 1
Spinster 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wave

Name Census Frequency
William Wave 28
Mary Wave 26
John Wave 15
Elizabeth Wave 14
George Wave 11
James Wave 11
Thomas Wave 11
Sarah Wave 9
Ann Wave 7
Martha Wave 7
Henry Wave 6
Annie Wave 5
Catherine Wave 5
Florence Wave 5
Jane Wave 5
Richard Wave 5
Arthur Wave 4
Charles Wave 4
Charlotte Wave 4
Edward Wave 4
Eliza Wave 4
Frederick Wave 4
Robert Wave 4
Ellen Wave 3
Emily Wave 3

Wave Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wave 100% 302
2 Weave 80% 199

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

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