Wellesley 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 4
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

Wellesley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wellesley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Actress 2
Living On Own Means 2
Shop Keeper 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Actor 1
Admiral R N Retired Navy Officer 1
Carpenter 1
Living On Her Own Means 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wellesley

Name Census Frequency
Arthur Wellesley 19
Richard Wellesley 12
Gerald Wellesley 11
Henry Wellesley 9
John Wellesley 9
Mary Wellesley 9
William Wellesley 7
Alice Wellesley 5
Edward Wellesley 5
Elizabeth Wellesley 5
Emma Wellesley 5
Frederick Wellesley 5
George Wellesley 5
Louisa Wellesley 5
Cecil Wellesley 4
Charlotte Wellesley 4
Henrietta Wellesley 4
Magdalen Wellesley 4
Ronald Wellesley 4
Ada Wellesley 3
Amelia Wellesley 3
Jane Wellesley 3
Nora Wellesley 3
Victor Wellesley 3
Dora Wellesley 2

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