Wilhams 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 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 4
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 2
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wilhams Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wilhams family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Farm Labourer 3
Porter 2
Domestic 1
Mine Sinker 1
Ship Cook 1
Laundress Wash 1
Nurseryman 1
Parker 1
Tailor Salesman 1
Grocer 1
Laundress 1
General Laborer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wilhams

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wilhams 14
John Wilhams 9
Thomas Wilhams 9
William Wilhams 8
Ann Wilhams 7
Elizabeth Wilhams 7
George Wilhams 7
Henry Wilhams 7
Caroline Wilhams 5
Catherine Wilhams 4
David Wilhams 4
Louisa Wilhams 4
Sarah Wilhams 4
Amelia Wilhams 3
Charles Wilhams 3
Edward Wilhams 3
Eliza Wilhams 3
Joseph Wilhams 3
Margaret Wilhams 3
Martha Wilhams 3
Anne Wilhams 2
Arthur Wilhams 2
Edith Wilhams 2
Emily Wilhams 2
Emma Wilhams 2

Wilhams Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Welhams 86% 433
2 Wilhams 100% 181

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The surname Wilhams is the 2nd most popular variant of Welhams.

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