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 0
Berkshire 38
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 36
Cornwall 53
Cumberland 74
Derbyshire 9
Devon 30
Dorset 25
Durham 107
Essex 193
Gloucestershire 66
Hampshire 160
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 244
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 120
Lancashire 284
Leicestershire 20
Lincolnshire 2
London 593
Middlesex 96
Northumberland 16
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 17
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 20
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 9
Somerset 14
Surrey 123
Sussex 266
Staffordshire 13
Warwickshire 31
Westmorland 15
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 124

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 3
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 18
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 23
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 8

Wren Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wren family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 439
General Labourer 57
Agricultural Labourer 41
Farm Labourer 26
Living On Own Means 23
Domestic Servant 23
General Servant 22
Labourer 22
Coal Miner 22
Laundress 20
Living On Her Own Means 19
Carpenter 19
General Servant Domestic 18
Cotton Spinner 16
Dress Maker 12
Farm Servant 12
Farmer 11
Painter 11
Carman 11
Cotton Weaver 11
Cook Domestic Servant 10
Brick Layer 10
House Keeper 9
Dressmaker 9
Charwoman 9

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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