Wench 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 4
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
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 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 10

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

Wench Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wench family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
General Servant 2
Boiler Maker 2
Char Woman 1
Milliner 1
Railway Ticket Collector 1
Head Nurse 1
Groom 1
Bricklayer Widow 1
Coal Miner 1
Farm Servant 1
House Maid 1
Tanner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wench

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wench 23
Sarah Wench 22
William Wench 15
Elizabeth Wench 13
Thomas Wench 12
Annie Wench 11
Henry Wench 10
Frederick Wench 9
George Wench 9
John Wench 9
Joseph Wench 9
James Wench 8
Charles Wench 7
Eliza Wench 7
Hannah Wench 7
Emma Wench 6
Ann Wench 5
Ellen Wench 5
Emily Wench 5
Samuel Wench 4
Alice Wench 3
Betsey Wench 3
Caroline Wench 3
Charlotte Wench 3
Edith Wench 3

Wench Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Winch 80% 10,567
2 Wench 100% 315

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The surname Wench is the 2nd most popular variant of Winch.

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