Surnames

UK surnames beginning with W

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Williams	214,615	295,271
2	Wilson	137,750	190,823
3	Walker	100,304	136,629
4	Wright	95,951	131,496
5	White	96,053	125,647
6	Wood	95,380	111,776
7	Ward	65,299	95,416
8	Watson	69,539	93,224
9	Wilkinson	45,653	57,423
10	Webb	40,508	52,040
11	West	28,778	39,607
12	Walsh	15,864	39,217
13	Williamson	26,852	35,923
14	Webster	26,040	34,592
15	Wallace	20,491	34,022
16	Watts	25,021	33,700
17	Wells	24,900	33,345
18	Woods	18,768	32,252
19	Walton	21,088	27,630
20	Warren	19,899	26,392
21	Watkins	18,128	25,300
22	Willis	15,886	24,020
23	Wheeler	18,031	23,830
24	Walters	14,268	22,964
25	Whitehead	20,246	21,303
26	Woodward	14,736	20,799
27	Weston	12,197	17,128
28	Whittaker	14,193	16,934
29	Waters	12,022	16,319
30	Wilkins	13,205	16,307
31	Warner	10,908	16,076
32	Wade	11,824	15,907
33	Wall	10,463	15,832
34	Watt	11,539	15,709
35	Winter	10,608	14,755
36	Welsh	11,869	14,706
37	Welch	10,480	13,314
38	Wong	2	12,963
39	Wallis	10,105	12,513
40	Whitehouse	7,785	12,262
41	Wyatt	8,737	11,852
42	Weir	7,865	11,592
43	Weaver	7,782	11,028
44	Whyte	5,097	10,956
45	Webber	9,057	10,925
46	Wild	12,250	10,850
47	Wills	8,934	10,548
48	Waller	7,532	10,276
49	Woolley	5,948	9,988
50	Wilkes	5,191	9,813
51	Woodcock	8,543	9,696
52	Wheatley	6,102	9,485
53	Woodhouse	7,100	9,347
54	Waite	6,222	9,180
55	Wilcox	5,633	8,770
56	Wainwright	6,337	8,690
57	Westwood	5,023	8,663
58	Whitfield	5,983	8,656
59	Whittle	6,516	8,509
60	Whelan	2,014	8,414
61	Whiting	5,764	8,373
62	Wakefield	5,358	8,097
63	Whitaker	8,462	7,774
64	Wilde	4,372	7,670
65	Wardle	5,805	7,578
66	Worthington	5,992	7,507
67	Warburton	7,375	7,436
68	Wise	6,228	7,062
69	Worrall	3,806	7,004
70	Weeks	6,387	6,711
71	Walmsley	6,180	6,614
72	Wharton	4,194	6,353
73	Withers	4,907	6,184
74	Wiltshire	3,984	6,161
75	Wiseman	4,109	6,026
76	Wray	4,028	6,018
77	Warwick	4,133	5,796
78	Ware	4,915	5,637
79	Whiteley	5,390	5,621
80	Weller	4,312	5,546
81	Waugh	4,082	5,501
82	Wylie	3,495	5,401
83	Wilkie	4,293	5,379
84	Wicks	4,203	5,316
85	Wynne	2,879	5,292
86	Waldron	2,615	5,273
87	Whalley	4,728	5,219
88	Waring	3,768	5,198
89	Wootton	2,712	5,158
90	Winstanley	3,022	5,101
91	Wilcock	4,272	4,783
92	Wiggins	3,235	4,768
93	Woodhead	5,606	4,711
94	Wagstaff	3,733	4,678
95	Whitworth	5,013	4,668
96	Wilding	3,526	4,663
97	Wilks	4,707	4,586
98	Waterhouse	4,567	4,456
99	Waddington	4,864	4,415
100	Wren	3,235	4,399