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The surname Wimbish was first found in Essex, at Wimbish, an ancient Anglo-Saxon village and civil parish within Uttlesford that dates back to c. 1040 when it was listed as Winebisc and Wimbisc. By the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, the village was known and listed as Wimbeis and possibly meant "bushy copse of a man called Wine," from the Old English personal name + "bysce." 1
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wimbish research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1190, 1510 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Wimbish History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Wimbishe, Wymbishe, Wimbyshe, Wymbyshe, Wimbush, Wimbish, Winbush, Winbisse, Winbiss, Wimbis and many more.
Outstanding amongst the family at this time was
In the United States, the name Wimbish is the 11,926th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..