Balow Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Balow Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Balow family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Lace Maker 3
Laundry 1
Provision Dealer 1
Retired Gentleman 1
Cook 1
Grinder 1
Plummer 1
Band Makers Boy 1
Railway Labourer 1
Tin Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Balow

Name Census Frequency
William Balow 10
Charles Balow 7
John Balow 6
Mary Balow 5
Albert Balow 4
Henry Balow 4
Sarah Balow 4
Thomas Balow 4
Alfred Balow 3
Ann Balow 3
Annie Balow 3
Elizabeth Balow 3
James Balow 3
Jane Balow 3
Robert Balow 3
Ada Balow 2
Caroline Balow 2
Charlotte Balow 2
Ellen Balow 2
Frederick Balow 2
George Balow 2
Gladys Balow 2
Herbert Balow 2
Rose Balow 2
Susan Balow 2

Balow Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Blow 80% 8,811
2 Blew 60% 823
3 Blowe 60% 257
4 Bailow 83% 221
5 Blaw 60% 176
6 Ballow 83% 172
7 Balow 100% 120

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The surname Balow is the 7th most popular variant of Blow.

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