Cawn 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 3
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

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

Cawn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cawn family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Fish & Game Dealer 2
General Domestic Servant 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Mule Spinner In Cotton Mill 1
Bricklayer 1
Bricklayer & Beer Seller 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cawn

Name Census Frequency
Mary Cawn 14
John Cawn 13
Elizabeth Cawn 11
William Cawn 9
James Cawn 7
Alice Cawn 3
Joseph Cawn 3
Arthur Cawn 2
Clara Cawn 2
Edward Cawn 2
Eliza Cawn 2
Fanny Cawn 2
Frances Cawn 2
George Cawn 2
Grace Cawn 2
Isabel Cawn 2
Margaret Cawn 2
Maria Cawn 2
Sarah Cawn 2
Thomas Cawn 2
Ada Cawn 1
Agnes Cawn 1
Ann Cawn 1
Caroline Cawn 1
Catheine Cawn 1

Cawn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cowan 60% 13,305
2 Cowen 60% 12,340
3 Cowin 60% 5,049
4 Cown 75% 332
5 Cowne 60% 172
6 Cawen 80% 147
7 Cawn 100% 111
8 Caun 75% 105
9 Cawan 80% 102

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The surname Cawn is the 7th most popular variant of Cowan.

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