Wrist 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 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 12
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Wrist Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wrist family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Labourer In Iron Works 2
Baker 2
General Servant Domestic 1
Errand Boy 1
Paper Box Maker 1
Dyer & Cleanor 1
Iron Pot Man 1
Living On Own Means 1
Brick Manufacturer 1
Coal Merchant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wrist

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wrist 26
William Wrist 18
James Wrist 15
Sarah Wrist 14
Elizabeth Wrist 9
John Wrist 9
Caroline Wrist 8
Christopher Wrist 8
Ellen Wrist 7
Henry Wrist 7
Richard Wrist 7
Edward Wrist 6
Edwin Wrist 6
George Wrist 6
Alexander Wrist 5
Ann Wrist 5
Jane Wrist 5
Louisa Wrist 5
Albert Wrist 4
Alice Wrist 4
Eliza Wrist 4
Esther Wrist 4
Emily Wrist 3
Maria Wrist 3
Thomas Wrist 3

Wrist Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rist 80% 1,812
2 Riste 60% 473
3 Wrist 100% 278
4 Wrest 80% 225

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The surname Wrist is the 3rd most popular variant of Rist.

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