Wrigh 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 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 3

Wales

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

Wrigh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wrigh family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Private 4th Foot 1
Engine Fitter 1
Builder 1
Builder's Wife 1
Farmer Of 33 Acers 1
Retired Clerk 1
Retail Brewer 1
Miner 1
Labourer & Pensioner Clerk 1
Shipowner 1
Shipowner's Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wrigh

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wrigh 19
William Wrigh 19
John Wrigh 14
Sarah Wrigh 13
James Wrigh 12
Thomas Wrigh 12
George Wrigh 11
Elizabeth Wrigh 10
Ann Wrigh 8
Joseph Wrigh 8
Jane Wrigh 7
Alice Wrigh 6
Annie Wrigh 6
Eliza Wrigh 6
Margaret Wrigh 6
Martha Wrigh 6
Ellen Wrigh 5
Alfred Wrigh 4
Arthur Wrigh 4
Charles Wrigh 4
Frederick Wrigh 4
Samuel Wrigh 4
Edith Wrigh 3
Hannah Wrigh 3
Richard Wrigh 3

Wrigh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Righ 80% 356
2 Wrigh 100% 297

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The surname Wrigh is the 2nd most popular variant of Righ.

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