Weller 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 85
Berkshire 172
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 5
Devon 27
Dorset 15
Durham 4
Essex 69
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 52
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 12
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 661
Lancashire 35
Leicestershire 7
Lincolnshire 2
London 970
Middlesex 92
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 27
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 142
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 4
Somerset 16
Surrey 611
Sussex 972
Staffordshire 21
Warwickshire 71
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 19
Yorkshire 42

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Weller Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Weller family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 815
Agricultural Labourer 142
General Labourer 67
Labourer 59
Domestic Servant 53
General Servant 44
Dress Maker 41
Laundress 41
Gardener 33
Farm Labourer 32
Carpenter 31
Annuitant 22
Bricklayer 20
Cook Domestic Servant 18
House Keeper 16
Carman 14
Charwoman 14
Cook 14
General Servant Domestic 13
Cook Domestic 12
Painter 11
General Domestic Servant 10
No Occupation 10
Plasterer 10
Gardener Domestic 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Weller

Name Census Frequency
William Weller 2,110
Mary Weller 1,612
John Weller 1,256
George Weller 1,255
Thomas Weller 1,091
James Weller 1,074
Sarah Weller 1,053
Elizabeth Weller 1,051
Henry Weller 776
Charles Weller 753
Jane Weller 533
Ann Weller 518
Eliza Weller 497
Emily Weller 476
Alice Weller 444
Frederick Weller 444
Ellen Weller 414
Annie Weller 404
Emma Weller 392
Alfred Weller 389
Albert Weller 385
Edward Weller 329
Arthur Weller 311
Joseph Weller 297
Caroline Weller 294

Weller Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Waller 83% 55,107
2 Weller 100% 30,643
3 Willer 83% 5,732
4 Wooller 71% 2,560
5 Weeler 83% 742
6 Willar 67% 430
7 Woller 83% 359
8 Wallar 67% 335
9 Wellar 83% 306
10 Wheelar 57% 261
11 Wellor 83% 222
12 Wallier 71% 125
13 Willier 71% 117
14 Whelar 50% 107
15 Wallor 67% 104

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The surname Weller is the 2nd most popular variant of Waller.

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