Surnames
UK surnames beginning with W
Browse UK surnames from the 1881 census and modern surname records. Surname pages show counts, origin facts, historical distribution, maps, first-name pairings and census detail.
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| # | Surname | 1881 count | Modern count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Whitbread | 1,191 | 1,822 |
| 202 | Warnes | 991 | 1,821 |
| 203 | Woodruff | 1,397 | 1,785 |
| 204 | Weedon | 1,393 | 1,783 |
| 205 | Witts | 915 | 1,770 |
| 206 | Wakeling | 1,142 | 1,766 |
| 207 | Winchester | 1,141 | 1,757 |
| 208 | Wight | 1,538 | 1,749 |
| 209 | Witt | 1,195 | 1,724 |
| 210 | Withey | 756 | 1,719 |
| 211 | Woolf | 996 | 1,713 |
| 212 | Will | 1,220 | 1,688 |
| 213 | Winterbottom | 2,769 | 1,687 |
| 214 | Walpole | 1,174 | 1,683 |
| 215 | Wroe | 1,247 | 1,669 |
| 216 | Wooding | 1,303 | 1,661 |
| 217 | Walley | 1,411 | 1,645 |
| 218 | Wagner | 612 | 1,637 |
| 219 | Welford | 842 | 1,629 |
| 220 | Westbrook | 1,384 | 1,622 |
| 221 | Woodgate | 1,409 | 1,617 |
| 222 | Waterworth | 1,314 | 1,612 |
| 223 | Westley | 1,226 | 1,593 |
| 224 | Woodhall | 1,205 | 1,577 |
| 225 | Wingfield | 1,379 | 1,574 |
| 226 | Wakeman | 903 | 1,569 |
| 227 | Wallbank | 931 | 1,559 |
| 228 | Wale | 1,427 | 1,550 |
| 229 | Weightman | 1,177 | 1,549 |
| 230 | Woodbridge | 1,249 | 1,541 |
| 231 | Welham | 1,159 | 1,539 |
| 232 | William | 2,560 | 1,535 |
| 233 | Wykes | 1,045 | 1,534 |
| 234 | Wallington | 936 | 1,494 |
| 235 | Witham | 1,201 | 1,486 |
| 236 | Winch | 1,349 | 1,478 |
| 237 | Welton | 1,093 | 1,477 |
| 238 | Whitcombe | 538 | 1,476 |
| 239 | Wardell | 1,192 | 1,475 |
| 240 | Warnock | 650 | 1,472 |
| 241 | Whitelock | 857 | 1,472 |
| 242 | Wileman | 686 | 1,472 |
| 243 | Westerman | 978 | 1,468 |
| 244 | Wotherspoon | 962 | 1,462 |
| 245 | Waterson | 1,225 | 1,457 |
| 246 | Wojcik | 0 | 1,454 |
| 247 | Winstone | 788 | 1,448 |
| 248 | Willcocks | 1,231 | 1,441 |
| 249 | Wakelin | 1,111 | 1,426 |
| 250 | Whaley | 1,014 | 1,389 |
| 251 | Worsfold | 974 | 1,368 |
| 252 | Wallwork | 1,749 | 1,367 |
| 253 | Wilford | 1,206 | 1,355 |
| 254 | Wilshaw | 760 | 1,353 |
| 255 | Woodburn | 950 | 1,341 |
| 256 | Warriner | 879 | 1,340 |
| 257 | Wozniak | 0 | 1,334 |
| 258 | Wigglesworth | 1,483 | 1,329 |
| 259 | Waheed | 0 | 1,325 |
| 260 | Wheatcroft | 897 | 1,322 |
| 261 | Wassell | 468 | 1,313 |
| 262 | Woodfield | 1,012 | 1,311 |
| 263 | Waghorn | 1,171 | 1,310 |
| 264 | Wrightson | 863 | 1,299 |
| 265 | Westhead | 695 | 1,294 |
| 266 | Wingrove | 877 | 1,284 |
| 267 | Wormald | 1,346 | 1,283 |
| 268 | Whiteford | 796 | 1,281 |
| 269 | Weatherley | 572 | 1,277 |
| 270 | Wenham | 998 | 1,271 |
| 271 | Woolnough | 919 | 1,260 |
| 272 | Welsby | 768 | 1,257 |
| 273 | Whiston | 792 | 1,255 |
| 274 | Worton | 631 | 1,254 |
| 275 | Wrench | 999 | 1,242 |
| 276 | Whyman | 800 | 1,241 |
| 277 | Weatherill | 688 | 1,238 |
| 278 | Winterburn | 836 | 1,232 |
| 279 | Wingate | 1,056 | 1,223 |
| 280 | Wintle | 851 | 1,221 |
| 281 | Wakeham | 1,081 | 1,217 |
| 282 | Whittall | 616 | 1,217 |
| 283 | Waites | 754 | 1,216 |
| 284 | Weatherall | 581 | 1,211 |
| 285 | Wesson | 778 | 1,208 |
| 286 | Woodham | 1,002 | 1,198 |
| 287 | Walshe | 120 | 1,179 |
| 288 | Woodhams | 744 | 1,164 |
| 289 | Wisniewski | 0 | 1,152 |
| 290 | Walkden | 1,352 | 1,146 |
| 291 | Wayman | 789 | 1,146 |
| 292 | Wigmore | 779 | 1,146 |
| 293 | Worrell | 654 | 1,142 |
| 294 | Wedge | 881 | 1,136 |
| 295 | Wheat | 703 | 1,135 |
| 296 | Wordsworth | 732 | 1,133 |
| 297 | Welburn | 591 | 1,132 |
| 298 | Wager | 799 | 1,131 |
| 299 | Winston | 346 | 1,120 |
| 300 | Withington | 798 | 1,119 |