Wosley 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 10
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 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 6
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
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 0
Radnorshire 0

Wosley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wosley family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Jackpand Tenter 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Painter 1
School Boy 1
Sawyer 1
Waterman 1
Mail Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wosley

Name Census Frequency
William Wosley 23
John Wosley 14
Thomas Wosley 14
Elizabeth Wosley 13
Emma Wosley 12
George Wosley 12
Charles Wosley 9
Mary Wosley 9
Henry Wosley 7
Sarah Wosley 7
Edith Wosley 6
Ann Wosley 5
Jane Wosley 5
Albert Wosley 4
Arthur Wosley 4
Ellen Wosley 4
Florence Wosley 4
Frank Wosley 4
Joseph Wosley 4
Alice Wosley 3
Daniel Wosley 3
David Wosley 3
Fred Wosley 3
James Wosley 3
Robert Wosley 3

Wosley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wesley 83% 8,666
2 Wasley 83% 3,327
3 Wisley 83% 495
4 Woosley 86% 286
5 Wosley 100% 284
6 Owsley 67% 202
7 Wisely 50% 101

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The surname Wosley is the 5th most popular variant of Wesley.

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