Bowdley 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 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Bowdley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bowdley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Engine Driver 2
Railway Porter 1
Carter 1
Domestic Servant 1
Painter 1
Stock Taker At Iron Works 1
Gas Laborer Serv 1
Gardener 1
Gardeners Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bowdley

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Bowdley 18
Sarah Bowdley 13
Alfred Bowdley 10
William Bowdley 10
Mary Bowdley 9
Benjamin Bowdley 6
George Bowdley 6
John Bowdley 6
David Bowdley 5
Eliza Bowdley 5
Elizabeth Bowdley 5
Alice Bowdley 4
Daniel Bowdley 4
Dinah Bowdley 4
Annie Bowdley 3
Edwin Bowdley 3
Emily Bowdley 3
Emma Bowdley 3
Henry Bowdley 3
Richard Bowdley 3
Ada Bowdley 2
Charles Bowdley 2
Fanny Bowdley 2
Helen Bowdley 2
Isabella Bowdley 2

Bowdley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bowdley 100% 186
2 Bewdley 86% 167

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The surname Bowdley is the most popular version of all its varients

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