Willoughby Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 19
Buckinghamshire 36
Berkshire 110
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 34
Cornwall 131
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 46
Devon 40
Dorset 15
Durham 109
Essex 89
Gloucestershire 38
Hampshire 78
Herefordshire 6
Hertfordshire 32
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 3
Kent 86
Lancashire 192
Leicestershire 18
Lincolnshire 124
London 511
Middlesex 130
Northumberland 34
Norfolk 14
Northamptonshire 53
Nottinghamshire 120
Oxfordshire 74
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 25
Somerset 27
Surrey 136
Sussex 68
Staffordshire 76
Warwickshire 103
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 90
Worcestershire 34
Yorkshire 461

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 29
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 4
Radnorshire 0

Willoughby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Willoughby family

Profession Census Frequency
School 268
Private Means 34
Farm Labourer 28
General Labourer 26
General Servant (domestic) 19
None 16
Farmer 15
Dressmaker 14
Clerk 13
Scholar 13
Domestic Servant 12
At Home 12
Coal Miner Hewer 12
Labourer 11
Nil 10
General Servant Domestic 10
Bricklayer 10
House Painter 9
Carman 8
Dress Maker 8
Housemaid (domestic) 8
No Occupation 7
Grocer 7
Old Age Pensioner 7
Coal Miner (hewer) 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Willoughby

Name Census Frequency
Mary Willoughby 936
William Willoughby 931
John Willoughby 882
Elizabeth Willoughby 654
Thomas Willoughby 602
George Willoughby 559
Sarah Willoughby 484
James Willoughby 475
Henry Willoughby 388
Charles Willoughby 384
Ann Willoughby 341
Jane Willoughby 295
Joseph Willoughby 282
Eliza Willoughby 246
Emma Willoughby 235
Alice Willoughby 228
Annie Willoughby 215
Arthur Willoughby 188
Frederick Willoughby 183
Hannah Willoughby 183
Edward Willoughby 179
Emily Willoughby 168
Robert Willoughby 168
Alfred Willoughby 166
Ellen Willoughby 156

Willoughby Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Willoughby is the most popular version of all its varients

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