Wharfe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hertfordshire 9
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lincolnshire 8
London 1
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 11
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0

Wharfe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wharfe family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Labourer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Female Servant 1
Joiner 1
Independent 1
Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wharfe

Name Census Frequency
William Wharfe 53
Mary Wharfe 48
John Wharfe 44
Joseph Wharfe 43
Jane Wharfe 28
Thomas Wharfe 26
Sarah Wharfe 23
Annie Wharfe 21
Alice Wharfe 20
George Wharfe 19
Eliza Wharfe 18
Elizabeth Wharfe 17
Charles Wharfe 16
Henry Wharfe 16
Hannah Wharfe 15
Martha Wharfe 14
Ann Wharfe 11
Arthur Wharfe 10
Benjamin Wharfe 10
Edward Wharfe 10
Ethel Wharfe 10
Clara Wharfe 9
Ernest Wharfe 9
Lucy Wharfe 9
Richard Wharfe 9

Wharfe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wharf 83% 1,527
2 Wharfe 100% 863

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The surname Wharfe is the 2nd most popular variant of Wharf.

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