Wiliam Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cambridgeshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
London 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wiliam Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiliam family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wiliam

Name Census Frequency
John Wiliam 14
Elizabeth Wiliam 7
Mary Wiliam 6
George Wiliam 5
Sarah Wiliam 5
Ann Wiliam 4
Edward Wiliam 4
Alfred Wiliam 3
Ernest Wiliam 3
Henry Wiliam 3
Richard Wiliam 3
Samuel Wiliam 3
Ellen Wiliam 2
James Wiliam 2
Joseph Wiliam 2
Thomas Wiliam 2
William Wiliam 2
Lattwhiner Wiliam 1
Louisa Wiliam 1
Lucy Wiliam 1
Mabel Wiliam 1
Margaretta Wiliam 1
Maria Wiliam 1
Millan Wiliam 1
Owen Wiliam 1

Wiliam Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 William 86% 94,374
2 Woolam 50% 272
3 Wiliam 100% 110

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The surname Wiliam is the 3rd most popular variant of William.

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