Surnames

UK surnames beginning with W

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
101	Watkinson	3,507	4,315
102	Whitmore	2,628	4,200
103	Walls	3,614	4,197
104	Willoughby	2,600	4,148
105	Walter	4,602	4,046
106	Winfield	2,488	4,039
107	Wadsworth	4,167	4,013
108	Windsor	2,458	4,002
109	Woodley	2,652	3,991
110	Wragg	2,769	3,920
111	Wynn	2,605	3,913
112	Wang	8	3,867
113	Wales	2,415	3,859
114	Wiles	2,592	3,808
115	Worth	2,689	3,775
116	Wilton	2,874	3,772
117	Way	3,241	3,764
118	Waddell	2,653	3,746
119	Whittingham	2,249	3,722
120	Willetts	1,677	3,720
121	Woodman	3,289	3,706
122	Wain	2,525	3,701
123	Woodall	2,404	3,579
124	Warrington	2,451	3,400
125	Wake	2,425	3,363
126	Winn	2,920	3,354
127	Willett	2,352	3,330
128	Whiteside	2,363	3,258
129	Whitby	1,832	3,140
130	Woodford	2,069	3,025
131	Worsley	2,626	2,997
132	Wooldridge	1,630	2,993
133	Willmott	1,879	2,990
134	Willson	3,372	2,951
135	Warne	2,167	2,946
136	Whittington	2,108	2,941
137	Wrigley	3,789	2,941
138	Wickham	2,026	2,887
139	Wing	1,889	2,885
140	Wightman	1,970	2,874
141	Walden	2,163	2,843
142	Winters	1,267	2,839
143	Watters	972	2,836
144	Whitelaw	1,791	2,784
145	Waterman	2,296	2,765
146	Winder	1,966	2,645
147	Wishart	2,353	2,615
148	Westlake	2,144	2,614
149	Weekes	758	2,596
150	Wilmot	2,003	2,584
151	Whitley	2,406	2,569
152	Whitlock	1,775	2,554
153	Wareham	1,670	2,544
154	Watkin	2,620	2,517
155	Wildman	1,830	2,486
156	Whiteman	1,935	2,483
157	Wan	18	2,482
158	Wilby	1,757	2,477
159	Wigley	1,897	2,454
160	Workman	1,963	2,454
161	Willey	2,688	2,416
162	Wheeldon	1,476	2,414
163	Whitton	1,830	2,406
164	Walford	1,836	2,373
165	Whitney	1,554	2,371
166	Widdowson	1,590	2,348
167	Warden	2,134	2,319
168	Willcox	1,603	2,284
169	Wickens	1,885	2,264
170	Wolfe	1,559	2,263
171	Wareing	1,943	2,243
172	Wu	0	2,239
173	Washington	1,488	2,214
174	Westcott	1,964	2,214
175	Wellington	1,404	2,162
176	Worley	1,323	2,133
177	Woodrow	1,851	2,118
178	Watling	1,552	2,102
179	Wignall	1,530	2,098
180	Weldon	1,196	2,091
181	Wolstenholme	2,392	2,090
182	Warman	1,409	2,075
183	Wass	1,630	2,072
184	Wyllie	2,115	2,066
185	Watton	1,088	2,057
186	Whale	1,677	2,055
187	Woodland	1,508	2,053
188	Waterfield	1,214	2,021
189	Windle	1,702	2,015
190	Woollard	1,057	2,010
191	Whatley	1,159	1,976
192	Wilkin	1,641	1,952
193	Wesley	1,173	1,948
194	Warr	1,680	1,929
195	Western	1,253	1,906
196	Wellings	1,028	1,883
197	Woolford	1,079	1,880
198	Whitham	1,743	1,879
199	Winton	1,120	1,854
200	Whitehurst	955	1,827