Bowls 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 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 22
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 8
Gloucestershire 30
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 6
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 8
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 4
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 3
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

Bowls Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bowls family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 22
Female Servant 10
Male Servant 3
Brick Layer 2
Sweep 1
Mechanic 1
Pensioner 1
Policeman 1
School Master 1
Private Soldier 1
Tailor 1
Farmer 1
Coal Miner 1
Lace Maker 1
Labourer 1
Servant 1
Dress Maker 1
Gardener 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bowls

Name Census Frequency
John Bowls 50
Mary Bowls 47
William Bowls 43
Elizabeth Bowls 39
Sarah Bowls 36
Thomas Bowls 24
James Bowls 21
Ann Bowls 20
George Bowls 19
Robert Bowls 18
Charles Bowls 14
Eliza Bowls 14
Henry Bowls 13
Hannah Bowls 11
Jane Bowls 11
Alice Bowls 10
Joseph Bowls 10
Caroline Bowls 9
Albert Bowls 8
Alfred Bowls 7
Edwin Bowls 7
Emma Bowls 7
Martha Bowls 7
Richard Bowls 7
Samuel Bowls 7

Bowls Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bowles 83% 33,314
2 Boles 60% 901
3 Booles 67% 852
4 Bools 80% 652
5 Bowls 100% 649
6 Bowels 83% 623
7 Bowlas 83% 542
8 Bolls 80% 208
9 Bawles 67% 155

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The surname Bowls is the 5th most popular variant of Bowles.

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