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Wiltshire
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Origin Of The Surname Wiltshire
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Meaning Of The Surname Wiltshire
From the Town on the River Wylye
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Interesting
Facts About
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a locational surname, originating from one of any places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself come from the Old English town Wilton, itself made up of the elements ‘Wylye’ which was the name of a river, and ‘tun’ meaning settlement. This was one of the main towns in Old England. Later the element ‘scire’ or ‘shire’ was added. |
Wiltshire Statistics
Wiltshire is the number 1612 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,407 share the surname Wiltshire in the UK.
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