Bownell 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bownell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bownell family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 1
Female Servant 1
Independent 1
Porter 1
Decorative Artist 1
Dress Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bownell

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bownell 14
John Bownell 10
Elizabeth Bownell 6
Jane Bownell 5
Ann Bownell 4
Henry Bownell 4
Margaret Bownell 4
Samuel Bownell 4
Thomas Bownell 4
William Bownell 4
David Bownell 3
Hannah Bownell 3
Sarah Bownell 3
Aaron Bownell 2
Charles Bownell 2
Eleanor Bownell 2
Frances Bownell 2
Harry Bownell 2
James Bownell 2
Martha Bownell 2
Walter Bownell 2
Anne Bownell 1
Antony Bownell 1
Arthur Bownell 1
Benjamin Bownell 1

Bownell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bonell 86% 2,092
2 Bonnell 86% 1,304
3 Bonel 71% 194
4 Bonnel 71% 149
5 Bownell 100% 113

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The surname Bownell is the 5th most popular variant of Bonell.

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