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 81
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 62
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 43
Cornwall 42
Cumberland 202
Derbyshire 36
Devon 47
Dorset 46
Durham 183
Essex 365
Gloucestershire 106
Hampshire 190
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 262
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 12
Isle of Man 0
Kent 149
Lancashire 367
Leicestershire 43
Lincolnshire 8
London 813
Middlesex 261
Northumberland 75
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 36
Nottinghamshire 17
Oxfordshire 42
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 12
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 21
Somerset 36
Surrey 186
Sussex 365
Staffordshire 21
Warwickshire 34
Westmorland 19
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 25
Yorkshire 204

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 32
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 39
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Wren Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wren family

Profession Census Frequency
School 446
General Labourer 48
Private Means 41
Farm Labourer 39
General Servant (domestic) 32
Labourer 31
Carman 23
Bricklayer 20
Dressmaker 20
Domestic Servant 18
Laundress 18
House Painter 16
Nil 16
Farmer 15
Coal Miner Hewer 15
Cook (domestic) 14
At School 14
None 13
Carpenter 13
Housemaid (domestic) 13
General Servant 12
Domestic 11
General Servant Domestic 11
House Keeper 11
Gardener Domestic 11

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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