Womsley 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 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 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

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

Womsley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Womsley family

Profession Census Frequency
Domestic Servant 2
School 2
Power Loom Overlooker 1
Home Duties 1
Takeout Tile Press 1
Tilepresser Brickwork 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Womsley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Womsley 15
William Womsley 11
John Womsley 10
Sarah Womsley 10
James Womsley 8
Thomas Womsley 8
Ann Womsley 6
Hannah Womsley 6
Benjamin Womsley 4
Elizabeth Womsley 4
George Womsley 4
Henry Womsley 4
Edward Womsley 3
Alice Womsley 2
Annie Womsley 2
Isabella Womsley 2
Jane Womsley 2
Joseph Womsley 2
Lavinia Womsley 2
Robert Womsley 2
Sam Womsley 2
Simon Womsley 2
Susan Womsley 2
Abigal Womsley 1
Abraham Womsley 1

Womsley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wamsley 86% 1,268
2 Waumsley 75% 460
3 Womsley 100% 157

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The surname Womsley is the 3rd most popular variant of Wamsley.

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