Wellsby 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 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 21
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
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 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

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

Wellsby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wellsby family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Cotton Weaver 5
Fustian Cutter 2
Bobbin Turner 1
Cork Sorter 1
Formerly Servant 1
House Keeper 1
Iron Miner 1
Joiner 1
Coachman 1
Groom 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wellsby

Name Census Frequency
John Wellsby 13
Mary Wellsby 12
William Wellsby 12
Elizabeth Wellsby 9
Ann Wellsby 8
Sarah Wellsby 8
George Wellsby 6
James Wellsby 6
Joseph Wellsby 6
Thomas Wellsby 6
Richard Wellsby 4
Caroline Wellsby 3
Catherine Wellsby 3
Ellen Wellsby 3
Henry Wellsby 3
Louisa Wellsby 3
Martha Wellsby 3
Anne Wellsby 2
Jonathan Wellsby 2
Rose Wellsby 2
Phoebe Wellsby 1
Ralph Wellsby 1
Randell Wellsby 1
Robert Wellsby 1
Samuel Wellsby 1

Wellsby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Welsby 86% 5,520
2 Wellsby 100% 158

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The surname Wellsby is the 2nd most popular variant of Welsby.

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