Recent research shows that the family name Wiltshire has been established in Europe for over 1100 years. Wiltshire was originally from Anglo-Saxon origins. The earliest documentation of the name was found in 1255 from the county of Cornwall in the UK. The surname went global in the fifteenth and sixteenth century with the expansion of the British empire.
Wiltshire is the 422nd most common surname in the UK. World wide there are around 75031 people with this surname. The nineteen eleven census carried out by H.M. Treasury for the United Kingdom and Ireland shows the highest number of Wiltshire's in the county of Kent. It is written that a late nineteenth century Wiltshire could out drink a Rhino. Never too far from controversy two brothers Paul Wiltshire and Edward Wiltshire were sent to jail in 1858 for stealing a gold ring. Members of the Wiltshire family were involved in the Boston tea party. 115
There are numerous famous Wiltshire's including:-