Cawer 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 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

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

Cawer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cawer family

Profession Census Frequency
Screw Maker 3
Female Servant 2
Shoemaker 2
Independent 1
Publican 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Male Servant 1
Farmer 1
Lock Maker 1
Mason 1
Porter 1
Sempstress 1
Single Woman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cawer

Name Census Frequency
William Cawer 37
John Cawer 31
Mary Cawer 31
Elizabeth Cawer 24
James Cawer 18
Sarah Cawer 18
Ann Cawer 16
Henry Cawer 16
Emma Cawer 15
George Cawer 15
Thomas Cawer 15
Joseph Cawer 12
Jane Cawer 11
Eliza Cawer 10
Emily Cawer 10
Harriet Cawer 10
Alfred Cawer 9
Alice Cawer 9
Edward Cawer 8
Charles Cawer 7
Richard Cawer 7
Annie Cawer 6
Frances Cawer 6
Frederick Cawer 6
Martha Cawer 6

Cawer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cower 80% 592
2 Cawer 100% 550
3 Cayer 80% 137

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The surname Cawer is the 2nd most popular variant of Cower.

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