Willis 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 173
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 124
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 120
Cornwall 22
Cumberland 73
Derbyshire 38
Devon 309
Dorset 168
Durham 333
Essex 562
Gloucestershire 304
Hampshire 440
Herefordshire 24
Hertfordshire 92
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 9
Isle of Man 0
Kent 285
Lancashire 255
Leicestershire 39
Lincolnshire 29
London 1,365
Middlesex 79
Northumberland 178
Norfolk 96
Northamptonshire 188
Nottinghamshire 94
Oxfordshire 155
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 9
Shropshire 45
Suffolk 121
Somerset 372
Surrey 97
Sussex 60
Staffordshire 61
Warwickshire 118
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 348
Worcestershire 288
Yorkshire 429

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 6
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 9
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 4
Glamorgan 19
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 21
Pembrokeshire 7
Radnorshire 8

Willis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Willis family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 555
Female Servant 293
Independent 189
Labourer 159
Male Servant 105
Farmer 86
Shoe Maker 64
Tailor 36
Coal Miner 34
Ag Labourer 33
Blacksmith 32
Pauper 32
Carpenter 31
Gardener 29
Dress Maker 26
Weaver 26
Apprentice 22
Clerk 21
Servant 21
Baker 20
Porter 20
Grocer 19
Bricklayer 18
Laundress 18
Pupil 16

Most Frequent Forenames for Willis

Name Census Frequency
William Willis 6,787
Mary Willis 6,312
John Willis 5,956
Elizabeth Willis 4,489
George Willis 4,283
Thomas Willis 3,803
Sarah Willis 3,501
James Willis 3,079
Henry Willis 2,476
Ann Willis 2,315
Charles Willis 2,170
Jane Willis 2,155
Joseph Willis 1,804
Eliza Willis 1,698
Robert Willis 1,549
Emma Willis 1,488
Annie Willis 1,470
Alice Willis 1,329
Frederick Willis 1,321
Ellen Willis 1,294
Edward Willis 1,289
Arthur Willis 1,275
Alfred Willis 1,150
Emily Willis 1,082
Margaret Willis 1,074

Willis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wells 67% 171,754
2 Willis 100% 106,940
3 Wills 83% 78,607
4 Wallis 83% 73,315
5 Walls 67% 27,068
6 Willes 83% 9,795
7 Walles 67% 4,645
8 Wellis 83% 2,620
9 Willies 86% 2,051
10 Wallas 67% 1,603
11 Williss 86% 1,567
12 Welles 67% 1,413
13 Woolls 50% 558
14 Willas 83% 375
15 Wallies 71% 223
16 Willsea 57% 214
17 Willias 86% 191
18 Woollas 57% 181
19 Wilis 83% 142
20 Wallase 57% 131
21 Woollis 71% 121
22 Wollas 67% 107
23 Wollis 83% 101

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The surname Willis is the 2nd most popular variant of Wells.

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