Weights 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Weights Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Weights family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
House Keeper Domestic 1
School Master 1
Ship Rivetter 1
Retired Shipwright 1
Apprentice To Turning Wood 1
Errand Boy Port 1
Flattiner At Gold Thread Works 1
Gold Thread Works Manager 1
Grocer Assistant 1
Weavers Cotton 1
Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Weights

Name Census Frequency
William Weights 17
Mary Weights 15
Elizabeth Weights 12
Joseph Weights 11
Sarah Weights 10
John Weights 8
Robert Weights 8
Samuel Weights 8
James Weights 7
Ann Weights 6
Richard Weights 6
Thomas Weights 6
Ada Weights 5
Eliza Weights 4
Albert Weights 3
Charles Weights 3
Dorothy Weights 3
George Weights 3
Jane Weights 3
Amelia Weights 2
Annie Weights 2
Arthur Weights 2
Edith Weights 2
Ellen Weights 2
Florence Weights 2

Weights Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Waites 43% 5,512
2 Waits 57% 1,664
3 Whaites 29% 613
4 Weights 100% 186
5 Whates 29% 105
6 Whaits 43% 102

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The surname Weights is the 4th most popular variant of Waites.

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