Whilson 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 3
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 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Whilson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whilson family

Profession Census Frequency
No Occupation 2
Solicitor 1
Draper Shopman 1
Fireman On Gnr 1
Labourer 1
News Agent 1
News Agents Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whilson

Name Census Frequency
John Whilson 16
Mary Whilson 13
Sarah Whilson 10
William Whilson 10
Elizabeth Whilson 9
James Whilson 9
George Whilson 8
Jane Whilson 8
Robert Whilson 7
Thomas Whilson 6
Charles Whilson 5
Ellen Whilson 5
Eliza Whilson 4
Joseph Whilson 4
Emily Whilson 3
Henry Whilson 3
Margaret Whilson 3
Martha Whilson 3
Samuel Whilson 3
Anne Whilson 2
Arthur Whilson 2
Emma Whilson 2
Hannah Whilson 2
Harry Whilson 2
Isabella Whilson 2

Whilson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wilson 86% 744,792
2 Willson 71% 25,983
3 Wheelson 75% 223
4 Whilson 100% 198
5 Wilsen 71% 158

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The surname Whilson is the 4th most popular variant of Wilson.

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