A few figures - A Census sumamry

Just to see how the numbers in my family name has grown in the last couple of hundred years i did a summary of the census data held by findmypast.co.uk and a couple of the main variations and misspellings of the name

Surname
1841
1851
1861
1871
1881
1891
1901
1911
 WANKLIN
109
129
132
156
118
153
 137
143
 WANKLING
34
41
46
69
75
91
 103
114
 WANKLYN
34
51
56
63
90
93
142 
174
TOTAL
177
221
234
288
283
337
382
431
MOVEMENT

+44
+13
+54
-5
+54
+45
+49

Interestingly the numbers havent changed much since 1911, infact a look at a report done by the Office of National Statistics (link) show that the number is approximately 428 for the same 3 surnames allthough the mix has changed quite a lot with about 70 Wanklin's becoming Wanklyn's.


 Surname
Count
 WANKLIN
 77
 WANKLING
 101
 WANKLYN
 250
TOTAL
428

1 comment:

  1. What a great reference chart and compilation of information. Very interesting...I might try doing something like this too. Thanks!
    Regards,
    Theresa (Tangled Trees)

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