Baw 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Baw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Baw family

Profession Census Frequency
Mine Agent Daughter 4
Commercial Traveller 1
Mine Agent & Farmer 1
Mine Agent Son 1
Mine Agent Wife 1
Weaver Hand Loom 1
House Servant 1
Brass Finisher 1
Silk Weaver 1
Pauper 1
Scholar 1
Dress Maker 1
Frame Maker 1
Miller 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Baw

Name Census Frequency
Mary Baw 21
William Baw 18
John Baw 10
Elizabeth Baw 9
George Baw 9
Sarah Baw 9
James Baw 8
Margaret Baw 8
Thomas Baw 7
Ann Baw 6
Alice Baw 5
Emily Baw 5
Ernest Baw 4
Hannah Baw 4
Louisa Baw 4
Alfred Baw 3
Ellen Baw 3
Frederick Baw 3
Henry Baw 3
Joseph Baw 3
Robert Baw 3
Walter Baw 3
Abraham Baw 2
Annie Baw 2
Charles Baw 2

Baw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Baugh 40% 7,934
2 Bowe 50% 5,950
3 Bow 67% 5,019
4 Bew 67% 3,733
5 Bowie 40% 2,392
6 Boow 50% 248
7 Baw 100% 229

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The surname Baw is the 7th most popular variant of Baugh.

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