Westward 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 7
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
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 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Westward Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Westward family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Iron Founder 1
Labourer 1
Upper House Maid Domestic Servant 1
Boiler Maker 1
Joiners Plainer 1
Domestic Servant 1
General Labourer 1
Assistant Dress Maker 1
Butler Domestic Servant 1
Coal Miner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Westward

Name Census Frequency
Sarah Westward 13
William Westward 13
John Westward 10
Joseph Westward 10
Elizabeth Westward 9
Mary Westward 9
Thomas Westward 8
Ann Westward 7
James Westward 7
Edward Westward 6
George Westward 5
Henry Westward 5
Martha Westward 5
Alice Westward 4
Annie Westward 4
Benjamin Westward 4
Charles Westward 4
Eliza Westward 4
Emma Westward 4
Clara Westward 3
David Westward 3
Hannah Westward 3
Harriet Westward 2
Harriett Westward 2
Jane Westward 2

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