Wren Family History
Wren Name Meaning
English: nickname from the bird, Middle English wrenne,
probably in reference to its small size.Irish: Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Rinn ‘descendant of Rinn’, a personal name
possibly derived from reann ‘spear’.Welsh:
Anglicized form of Welsh Uren.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wren Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wren families
 76 - 149  26 - 75 |
 1 - 25  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wren families
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380 - 758 127 - 379 |
1 - 126 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wren families
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29 - 56 10 - 28 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wren Family Origin
Wren Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Wren
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Wren Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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