Woulds 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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 45
London 6
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 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Woulds Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Woulds family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
School Mistress 3
Farmer 2
Female Servant 2
Male Servant 2
Dress Maker 1
Independent 1
Tailor 1
Yeoman 1
Actress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Woulds

Name Census Frequency
William Woulds 67
John Woulds 60
Mary Woulds 41
Jane Woulds 33
Sarah Woulds 33
Elizabeth Woulds 31
Robert Woulds 20
Ann Woulds 19
Eliza Woulds 18
Albert Woulds 16
George Woulds 16
Charles Woulds 15
Alice Woulds 14
Henry Woulds 14
Daniel Woulds 13
Ellen Woulds 12
Annie Woulds 10
Emily Woulds 10
Joseph Woulds 10
Edith Woulds 9
Emma Woulds 9
Lucy Woulds 9
Matthew Woulds 9
Edward Woulds 8
Florence Woulds 8

Woulds Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wilds 67% 4,629
2 Woulds 100% 719
3 Wildes 50% 526

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The surname Woulds is the 2nd most popular variant of Wilds.

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