Wren 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 133
Cumberland 121
Derbyshire 1
Devon 17
Dorset 10
Durham 88
Essex 82
Gloucestershire 63
Hampshire 105
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 252
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 106
Lancashire 182
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 349
Middlesex 41
Northumberland 21
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 20
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 1
Somerset 11
Surrey 61
Sussex 141
Staffordshire 4
Warwickshire 38
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 32

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 8
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wren Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wren family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 348
Agricultural Labourer 111
Labourer 30
House Servant 20
Servant 17
Carpenter 16
Carter 15
Dress Maker 14
Copper Miner 13
House Keeper 13
Blacksmith 11
Laundress 11
Bonnet Sewer 10
Cook 10
Agricultural Labourer Wife 10
Wheelwright 8
General Servant 8
Wife Of Above 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Groom 7
House Maid 7
Farmer 6
Farm Labourer 6
Carman 6
Needle Woman 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Wren

Name Census Frequency
William Wren 1,311
Mary Wren 1,255
John Wren 1,146
Elizabeth Wren 908
Thomas Wren 839
George Wren 716
Sarah Wren 667
Charles Wren 585
James Wren 576
Henry Wren 475
Joseph Wren 467
Jane Wren 410
Ann Wren 397
Eliza Wren 347
Frederick Wren 338
Emily Wren 324
Alice Wren 320
Ellen Wren 304
Emma Wren 301
Annie Wren 273
Alfred Wren 270
Edward Wren 266
Christopher Wren 241
Walter Wren 235
Robert Wren 229

Wren Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wren 100% 21,980
2 Warne 40% 17,355
3 Warn 50% 5,994
4 Wearne 33% 2,805
5 Reen 50% 2,613
6 Wrenn 80% 2,431
7 Wearn 40% 2,054
8 Renn 50% 1,187
9 Waren 80% 1,035
10 Worn 50% 505
11 Warin 60% 478
12 Wran 75% 329
13 Warine 50% 291
14 Ren 75% 266
15 Worne 40% 263
16 Wern 50% 201
17 Waron 60% 106

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The surname Wren is the most popular version of all its varients

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