Ways 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 4
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 5
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ways Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ways family

Profession Census Frequency
Shipwright 2
Assistant Cook Domestic 1
Cook Domestic 1
Housekeeper Domestic 1
Managers 1
Pupil 1
Sawyer 1
Living On Own Means 1
Copper Ore Miner 1
Yardman On Farm 1
General Labourer 1
House Maid Domestic 1
Parlour Maid Domestic 1
Glass Cutter 1
Coal Tepper On Top C Above 1
Student 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ways

Name Census Frequency
Mary Ways 22
John Ways 11
William Ways 11
Elizabeth Ways 10
George Ways 10
Thomas Ways 7
Ann Ways 6
Annie Ways 6
James Ways 5
Jane Ways 5
Charles Ways 4
Charlotte Ways 4
Ellen Ways 4
Hannah Ways 4
Henry Ways 4
Robert Ways 4
Samuel Ways 4
Sarah Ways 4
Alfred Ways 3
Caroline Ways 3
Edward Ways 3
Emma Ways 3
Frederick Ways 3
Jessie Ways 3
Richard Ways 3

Ways Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wase 50% 1,271
2 Wyse 50% 991
3 Ways 100% 215
4 Wayes 80% 168

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The surname Ways is the 3rd most popular variant of Wase.

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