Widdecombe 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 31
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
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 2
Surrey 0
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

Widdecombe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Widdecombe family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
House Servant 2
Servant 2
Blacksmith's Wife 1
Coal Miner 1
Currier 1
Farmer 123 Acres 1
Farmer Of 317acres Of Land Employing 11 Labourer 4 1
Farmer's Wife 1
Formerly Post Boys Wife 1
Labourer 1
Land Agent & Auctioneer & Land Owner Farmer Of 35 A 1
Landed Proprietor 1
Tailor 1
Farmer Of 222 Acres Employing 3 Men & 2 Boy 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Widdecombe

Name Census Frequency
William Widdecombe 37
Elizabeth Widdecombe 23
Mary Widdecombe 23
John Widdecombe 19
Eliza Widdecombe 12
Thomas Widdecombe 12
Alfred Widdecombe 9
Ann Widdecombe 9
Jane Widdecombe 8
Frederick Widdecombe 7
Robert Widdecombe 7
Charles Widdecombe 6
George Widdecombe 6
James Widdecombe 6
Emily Widdecombe 5
Florence Widdecombe 5
Richard Widdecombe 5
Caroline Widdecombe 4
Emma Widdecombe 4
Fanny Widdecombe 4
Samuel Widdecombe 4
Lilian Widdecombe 3
Louisa Widdecombe 3
Maud Widdecombe 3
Sarah Widdecombe 3

Widdecombe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Widdicombe 90% 2,631
2 Widdecombe 100% 324

Did you know?

The surname Widdecombe is the 2nd most popular variant of Widdicombe.

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