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 65
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 45
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 13
Cornwall 118
Cumberland 126
Derbyshire 26
Devon 42
Dorset 24
Durham 114
Essex 143
Gloucestershire 69
Hampshire 155
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 286
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 2
Kent 146
Lancashire 292
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 3
London 675
Middlesex 93
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 34
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 12
Somerset 26
Surrey 133
Sussex 237
Staffordshire 26
Warwickshire 25
Westmorland 21
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 90

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 16
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 20
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wren Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wren family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 641
Agricultural Labourer 81
General Labourer 38
Domestic Servant 31
Carpenter 30
Labourer 29
Dress Maker 24
General Servant 23
Farm Labourer 23
Laundress 22
Coal Miner 21
Carman 15
Charwoman 12
Clerk 12
House Keeper 10
Servant 10
Blacksmith 9
General Servant Domestic 9
None 9
Housemaid 8
Nil 8
Cook 7
Joiner 7
Cotton Weaver 7
Hawker 7

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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