Wogan 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 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
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 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
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 0
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Wogan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wogan family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Miner 3
Soldiers Child 2
Cotton Weaver 1
Sergeant 1
Soldiers Wife 1
Female Servant 1
Pauper 1
Shoe Maker Pensioner 1
Independent 1
Pupil 1
Nail Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wogan

Name Census Frequency
John Wogan 36
Mary Wogan 35
William Wogan 30
James Wogan 28
Elizabeth Wogan 27
Thomas Wogan 24
Eliza Wogan 16
Catherine Wogan 15
Francis Wogan 15
Alice Wogan 13
Edward Wogan 13
Margaret Wogan 13
Sarah Wogan 12
Albert Wogan 10
George Wogan 10
Jane Wogan 10
Anthony Wogan 9
Bernard Wogan 9
Charles Wogan 8
Frances Wogan 8
Henry Wogan 7
Ann Wogan 6
Edith Wogan 6
Annie Wogan 5
Ellen Wogan 5

Wogan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wigan 80% 1,800
2 Wagon 60% 535
3 Wogan 100% 504
4 Wagan 80% 155

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The surname Wogan is the 3rd most popular variant of Wigan.

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