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 80
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 58
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 23
Cornwall 79
Cumberland 175
Derbyshire 26
Devon 34
Dorset 31
Durham 164
Essex 253
Gloucestershire 85
Hampshire 180
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 265
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 119
Lancashire 302
Leicestershire 37
Lincolnshire 7
London 782
Middlesex 145
Northumberland 42
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 30
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 43
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 19
Somerset 18
Surrey 137
Sussex 309
Staffordshire 16
Warwickshire 42
Westmorland 10
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 18
Yorkshire 129

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 28
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 23
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 4

Wren Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wren family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 61
General Servant Domestic 45
Living On Own Means 37
Scholar 33
Carpenter 31
Cook Domestic 31
Dress Maker 30
Agricultural Labourer 21
House Maid Domestic 20
Coal Miner Hewer 18
Cotton Weaver 16
Laundress Wash 14
Farmer 13
Domestic Servant 12
Gardener Domestic 12
Housemaid Domestic 12
Railway Porter 11
Bricklayer 11
House Keeper 10
Servant Domestic 10
Bricklayer Labourer 10
Carman 9
Labourer 9
General Servant 8
Draper Assistant 8

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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