Wess 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 1
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 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 4
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

Wess Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wess family

Profession Census Frequency
F W K Cotton&wool 2
Master 1
Needle Woman 1
Formerly Shepherd 1
Apprentice 1
Barmaid 1
Boiler Smith 1
Joiner 1
Moulder 1
Scholar 1
Cabinet Maker Assistant 1
Draper 1
Retired Butcher 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wess

Name Census Frequency
William Wess 16
Elizabeth Wess 12
Mary Wess 10
Charles Wess 9
Jane Wess 9
Frederick Wess 8
Henry Wess 8
James Wess 8
John Wess 8
Arthur Wess 7
Thomas Wess 7
Ernest Wess 6
Alice Wess 5
Ann Wess 5
George Wess 5
Hannah Wess 5
Sarah Wess 5
Annie Wess 4
Eliza Wess 4
Ada Wess 3
Edward Wess 3
Lucy Wess 3
Margaret Wess 3
Rachel Wess 3
Charlotte Wess 2

Wess Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wass 75% 11,682
2 Weiss 80% 1,408
3 Wiss 75% 292
4 Wess 100% 252
5 Woss 75% 130

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The surname Wess is the 4th most popular variant of Wass.

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