Bawes 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 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 13
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 2
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

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 0

Bawes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bawes family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Labourer 4
Independent 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Constable 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Cotton Tenter 1
Shoemaker 1
Butcher 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bawes

Name Census Frequency
John Bawes 22
William Bawes 20
Mary Bawes 19
Sarah Bawes 13
Thomas Bawes 12
Ann Bawes 10
George Bawes 10
James Bawes 10
Joseph Bawes 8
Annie Bawes 7
Jane Bawes 7
Elizabeth Bawes 6
Catherine Bawes 5
Florence Bawes 5
Hannah Bawes 5
Margaret Bawes 5
Martha Bawes 5
Amy Bawes 4
Charles Bawes 4
Edward Bawes 4
Ellen Bawes 4
Walter Bawes 4
David Bawes 3
Eliza Bawes 3
Benjamin Bawes 2

Bawes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bowes 80% 18,690
2 Bows 60% 854
3 Bews 60% 810
4 Bewes 80% 508
5 Bawes 100% 302
6 Bowis 60% 212
7 Bowse 40% 170
8 Bewis 60% 157

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The surname Bawes is the 5th most popular variant of Bowes.

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