Wookey 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 1
Derbyshire 4
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 79
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 23
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 254
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Wookey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wookey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 95
Labourer 12
Dress Maker 9
Agricultural Labourer 9
Farmers Wife 8
Farmers Son 7
Farmers Daur 5
Servant 4
Domestic Servant 4
Lead Miner 4
Annuitant 3
General Servant 3
Inn Keeper 3
Gardener 3
Butler Domestic Servant 2
Bailiff 2
Cook 2
Grocer 2
Nurse 2
Seamstress 2
Stay Maker 2
Carpenter 2
Pauper 2
Tailoress 2
Cabinet Maker 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Wookey

Name Census Frequency
William Wookey 235
Mary Wookey 187
John Wookey 154
George Wookey 146
James Wookey 132
Elizabeth Wookey 130
Sarah Wookey 110
Henry Wookey 90
Eliza Wookey 81
Charles Wookey 79
Thomas Wookey 65
Alice Wookey 56
Ann Wookey 53
Emily Wookey 52
Albert Wookey 51
Ellen Wookey 51
Florence Wookey 49
Joseph Wookey 49
Lucy Wookey 45
Alfred Wookey 43
Martha Wookey 42
Frederick Wookey 40
Maria Wookey 36
Walter Wookey 35
Edward Wookey 34

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