Bow 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 1
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 14
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 2
Devon 60
Dorset 72
Durham 9
Essex 9
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 20
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 17
Lancashire 22
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 23
London 92
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 16
Surrey 0
Sussex 14
Staffordshire 4
Warwickshire 7
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 4
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

Bow Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bow family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 25
Independent 18
Female Servant 13
Labourer 13
Male Servant 5
Apprentice 4
Carpenter 4
Farmer 4
Blacksmith 3
Shoe Maker 3
Bonnet Maker 3
Weaver 3
Mason 2
Mason's Apprentice 2
Basket Maker 2
Pupil 2
Builder 2
Servant 2
Yeoman 2
Professor Of Music 2
Bricklayer 2
Clerk 2
Boot Maker 1
Draper 1
Cooper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bow

Name Census Frequency
William Bow 402
Mary Bow 322
John Bow 289
Elizabeth Bow 204
Thomas Bow 154
George Bow 142
Sarah Bow 142
Ann Bow 126
James Bow 124
Robert Bow 95
Charles Bow 90
Jane Bow 90
Emily Bow 80
Henry Bow 80
Emma Bow 77
Eliza Bow 72
Ellen Bow 70
Samuel Bow 70
Alice Bow 69
Joseph Bow 63
Frederick Bow 56
Hannah Bow 51
Richard Bow 50
Alfred Bow 47
Edward Bow 45

Bow Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bowe 75% 5,950
2 Bow 100% 5,019
3 Bough 40% 4,433
4 Bew 67% 3,733
5 Bowie 60% 2,392
6 Boow 75% 248
7 Baw 67% 229

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The surname Bow is the 2nd most popular variant of Bowe.

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