Widson 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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
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 0
Staffordshire 1
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

Widson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Widson family

Profession Census Frequency
Charwoman 1
Spied Grains Manufacturer Clerk 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Widson

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Widson 7
William Widson 7
Elizabeth Widson 6
John Widson 6
Emma Widson 4
George Widson 4
James Widson 4
Annie Widson 3
Mary Widson 3
Ann Widson 2
Edith Widson 2
Eliza Widson 2
Ellen Widson 2
Ernest Widson 2
Frank Widson 2
Henry Widson 2
Jane Widson 2
Margaret Widson 2
Albina Widson 1
Alfred Widson 1
Alice Widson 1
Anne Widson 1
Barbara Widson 1
Clara Widson 1
Dorothy Widson 1

Widson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wadeson 71% 2,288
2 Woodson 71% 2,121
3 Waidson 86% 794
4 Wadson 83% 745
5 Woodison 63% 471
6 Woodeson 63% 309
7 Woodason 63% 171
8 Wodson 83% 115
9 Widson 100% 102

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The surname Widson is the 9th most popular variant of Wadeson.

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