Armshaw Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cheshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 5
Staffordshire 6
Yorkshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Armshaw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Armshaw family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Spinner 2
Bonnet Maker 1
Nailor M 1
Weaver 1
Clock Maker 1
Labourer 1
Male Servant 1
Box Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Armshaw

Name Census Frequency
William Armshaw 22
Thomas Armshaw 18
George Armshaw 17
Elizabeth Armshaw 14
John Armshaw 13
Ann Armshaw 12
Henry Armshaw 11
Mary Armshaw 11
Hannah Armshaw 9
Edward Armshaw 8
James Armshaw 7
Annie Armshaw 6
Harriet Armshaw 6
Margaret Armshaw 6
Charles Armshaw 5
Emma Armshaw 5
Jane Armshaw 5
Sarah Armshaw 5
Agnes Armshaw 4
Edith Armshaw 4
Eliza Armshaw 4
Ellen Armshaw 4
Fanny Armshaw 4
Francis Armshaw 4
Harriett Armshaw 4

Armshaw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ramshaw 71% 6,170
2 Armishaw 88% 664
3 Ormshaw 86% 625
4 Armshaw 100% 334

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The surname Armshaw is the 4th most popular variant of Ramshaw.

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