Wearing Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Wearing Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wearing family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 132
Agricultural Labourer 18
Labourer 14
Cotton Weaver 13
General Servant 9
Farm Servant 8
Annuitant 7
Miner 7
Dress Maker 6
House Keeper 6
Servant 5
Shoe Maker 5
Farm Labourer 5
Seamstress 4
Stone Mason 4
Cotton Spinner 4
Joiner 4
Clerk 3
Wife Of Above 3
Butcher 3
Tailor 3
Warehouseman 3
Brass Caster 3
Elastic Web Weaver 3
Ag Labourer 3

Wearing Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Waring 86% 27,122
2 Wareing 71% 9,854
3 Wearing 100% 7,073
4 Wring 71% 694
5 Wringe 57% 309

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The surname Wearing is the 3rd most popular variant of Waring.

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