Woss 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 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 9
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Woss Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Woss family

Profession Census Frequency
Brush Maker 1
Clerk Grocer 1
Milliner 1
Labourer Coal Mine Underground 1
Railway Assistant Collector 1
Shop Assistant 1
Farm Servant Agricultural Labourer 1
Ordinary Farm Labourer 1
Domestic House Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Woss

Name Census Frequency
John Woss 12
William Woss 12
George Woss 7
Mary Woss 7
Thomas Woss 6
Samuel Woss 5
Elizabeth Woss 4
Joseph Woss 4
Ann Woss 3
Charles Woss 3
Edith Woss 3
Hannah Woss 3
Alfred Woss 2
Annie Woss 2
Eliza Woss 2
Ellen Woss 2
Ernest Woss 2
Frank Woss 2
Henrietta Woss 2
Henry Woss 2
James Woss 2
Lilliane Woss 2
Margaret Woss 2
Sarah Woss 2
Ada Woss 1

Woss Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wass 75% 11,682
2 Weiss 60% 1,408
3 Wiss 75% 292
4 Wess 75% 252
5 Woss 100% 130

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The surname Woss is the 5th most popular variant of Wass.

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