Bowkes 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 8
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
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 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Bowkes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bowkes family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 2
Woollen Minder 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Charwoman 1
Fishing Maker 1
Dentist 1
Commercial Traveller (cotton) 1
Grocer 1
Joiner And Carpenter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bowkes

Name Census Frequency
William Bowkes 11
Elizabeth Bowkes 7
Margaret Bowkes 7
Mary Bowkes 7
Sarah Bowkes 7
Thomas Bowkes 6
George Bowkes 5
Annie Bowkes 4
Frederick Bowkes 4
James Bowkes 4
Robert Bowkes 4
Harry Bowkes 3
Henry Bowkes 3
John Bowkes 3
Joseph Bowkes 3
Martha Bowkes 3
Ada Bowkes 2
Alice Bowkes 2
Ann Bowkes 2
Emily Bowkes 2
Ernest Bowkes 2
Fanny Bowkes 2
Frank Bowkes 2
Fred Bowkes 2
Hannah Bowkes 2

Bowkes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bookes 83% 418
2 Boaks 67% 392
3 Bowkes 100% 154

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The surname Bowkes is the 3rd most popular variant of Bookes.

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