Wisdom 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 4
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 38
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 29
Lancashire 25
Leicestershire 7
Lincolnshire 0
London 78
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 36
Sussex 36
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 18
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wisdom Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wisdom family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 53
Agricultural Labourer 10
Laundress 6
Cook 5
Carpenter 4
House Servant 4
House Keeper 3
House Maid 3
Waterman's Wife 3
Gardener 3
Cotton Weaver 3
Labourer 3
Skimmer 3
Fishmonger 3
Fisher Man 2
Licensed Waterman 2
Linen Draper 2
Seamans Wife 2
Butcher 2
Servant 2
Cab Driver 2
Wholesale Horier 2
Fell Monger 2
No Proffession 2
Currier 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Wisdom

Name Census Frequency
William Wisdom 247
Mary Wisdom 194
John Wisdom 174
Thomas Wisdom 156
George Wisdom 150
James Wisdom 137
Elizabeth Wisdom 126
Henry Wisdom 101
Sarah Wisdom 96
Charles Wisdom 88
Frederick Wisdom 81
Jane Wisdom 77
Ann Wisdom 69
Ellen Wisdom 65
Alfred Wisdom 63
Alice Wisdom 62
Eliza Wisdom 62
Emily Wisdom 60
Albert Wisdom 47
Arthur Wisdom 47
Emma Wisdom 47
Robert Wisdom 44
Annie Wisdom 43
Richard Wisdom 43
Harriet Wisdom 40

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