Bowness Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Bowness Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bowness family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 18
Dress Maker 9
Living On Own Means 6
General Servant Domestic 6
Iron Ore Miner 6
Cook Domestic 5
Attends School 5
General Labourer 4
Grocer Assistant 4
Boot Maker 4
Charwoman 3
General Domestic Servant 3
Grocer 3
Oil Refiner Dry Salter Paint Merchant 3
Retired Farmer 3
Palmist Exhit 2
Railway Engine Driver 2
Slate Quarryman 2
Stocking Knitter 2
Boot & Shoe Maker 2
Carter On Farm Agricultural Horse 2
Domestic Retired 2
Pianoporte Turner 2
Shoe Maker 2
Joiner & Carpenter 2

Bowness Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bones 71% 8,224
2 Bowness 100% 4,419
3 Bownes 86% 1,602
4 Boness 86% 1,380
5 Bownass 86% 373
6 Bonnes 71% 204

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The surname Bowness is the 2nd most popular variant of Bones.

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