Willday Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Derbyshire 2
Gloucestershire 4
Hunts and Rutland 0
Leicestershire 6
Middlesex 1
Staffordshire 12
Warwickshire 9
Worcestershire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 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
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Yorkshire 0

Willday Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Willday family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Independent 2
Tinplate Working 2
Merchant 1
Glove Knitter 1
Shoe Maker 1
Timber Merchant 1
Charwoman 1
Pen Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Willday

Name Census Frequency
William Willday 42
Mary Willday 28
Elizabeth Willday 25
John Willday 21
Sarah Willday 21
Henry Willday 19
Thomas Willday 19
Emma Willday 18
Arthur Willday 15
Edith Willday 15
Ann Willday 13
Joseph Willday 13
Charles Willday 12
George Willday 12
Alfred Willday 11
Herbert Willday 10
Ada Willday 9
Annie Willday 9
Alice Willday 8
Edwin Willday 8
Frederick Willday 8
Walter Willday 8
Albert Willday 7
Eliza Willday 7
Florence Willday 7

Willday Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wilday 86% 1,171
2 Willday 100% 600
3 Willdey 86% 136

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The surname Willday is the 2nd most popular variant of Wilday.

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