Wiss 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 22
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Wiss Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiss family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Labourer 2
Gardener Domestic Servant 1
Commisiner 1
General Servant 1
House Keeper 1
Laundress 1
Milliner 1
Secretary 1
Servant 1
Staff Room Maid 1
Annuitant 1
School Master 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wiss

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Wiss 14
Mary Wiss 14
Robert Wiss 14
Henry Wiss 11
William Wiss 11
Charles Wiss 10
John Wiss 10
Emily Wiss 9
Sarah Wiss 9
Alfred Wiss 8
Harry Wiss 8
Ada Wiss 7
Alice Wiss 7
Charlotte Wiss 7
George Wiss 7
Ann Wiss 5
Florence Wiss 5
Hannah Wiss 5
Louisa Wiss 5
Thomas Wiss 5
Annie Wiss 4
James Wiss 4
Adelaide Wiss 3
Ellen Wiss 3
Frances Wiss 3

Wiss Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wass 75% 11,682
2 Weiss 80% 1,408
3 Wiss 100% 292
4 Wess 75% 252
5 Woss 75% 130

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The surname Wiss is the 3rd most popular variant of Wass.

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