Willaughby 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 9
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 6
London 2
Middlesex 8
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 15

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

Willaughby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Willaughby family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 12
Agricultural Labourer 3
Laundress 2
Living On Income 2
Garthman 2
House Maid 1
House Keeper 1
Butler Domestic 1
Domestic Servant 1
Captain 1
House Domestic 1
Living On Own Means 1
Port Needle Work 1
M D Retired General Medical Reporter 1
Farm Labourer 1
Engineer Worsted Mill 1
Fitters Apprentice 1
General Labourer 1
Gun Maker 1
Joiners Apprentice 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Willaughby

Name Census Frequency
William Willaughby 15
Mary Willaughby 14
John Willaughby 10
George Willaughby 7
Sarah Willaughby 7
Thomas Willaughby 7
Ann Willaughby 6
Elizabeth Willaughby 5
Catherine Willaughby 4
Charles Willaughby 4
Eliza Willaughby 4
Emily Willaughby 4
Albert Willaughby 3
Annie Willaughby 3
Edward Willaughby 3
Emma Willaughby 3
Frank Willaughby 3
Henry Willaughby 3
James Willaughby 3
Joseph Willaughby 3
Robert Willaughby 3
Walter Willaughby 3
Arthur Willaughby 2
Bridget Willaughby 2
Charlotte Willaughby 2

Willaughby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Willoughby 90% 16,174
2 Willaughby 100% 206
3 Welloughby 80% 186

Did you know?

The surname Willaughby is the 2nd most popular variant of Willoughby.

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