Wighman 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 3
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 2
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 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 5
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

Wighman Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wighman family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Wheel Wright 2
Apprentice 1
Woollen Draper 1
Carpenter 1
Noncommend Officer In The Army 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wighman

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wighman 15
John Wighman 9
William Wighman 9
James Wighman 6
Sarah Wighman 6
George Wighman 5
Charles Wighman 4
Elizabeth Wighman 4
Jane Wighman 4
Thomas Wighman 4
Alice Wighman 3
Arthur Wighman 3
Eliza Wighman 3
Hannah Wighman 3
Joseph Wighman 3
Ada Wighman 2
Anne Wighman 2
Benjamin Wighman 2
Emily Wighman 2
Emma Wighman 2
Frank Wighman 2
Henry Wighman 2
Margaret Wighman 2
Robert Wighman 2
Sophia Wighman 2

Wighman Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whyman 57% 6,069
2 Weighman 88% 497
3 Wighman 100% 137
4 Waughman 75% 127

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The surname Wighman is the 3rd most popular variant of Whyman.

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