Chaw 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
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 2
Yorkshire 1

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

Chaw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chaw family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 2
Servant 1
Dress Maker 1
Tailor 1
Carter's Boy 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Housemaid 1
House Wife 1
House Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Chaw

Name Census Frequency
William Chaw 23
James Chaw 13
Mary Chaw 13
John Chaw 12
Sarah Chaw 11
Elizabeth Chaw 10
Annie Chaw 7
Joseph Chaw 6
Thomas Chaw 6
Caroline Chaw 5
George Chaw 5
Albert Chaw 4
Charles Chaw 4
Edith Chaw 4
Eliza Chaw 4
Ellen Chaw 4
Jane Chaw 4
Richard Chaw 4
Alfred Chaw 3
Alice Chaw 3
Arthur Chaw 3
Edward Chaw 3
Harry Chaw 3
Henry Chaw 3
Robert Chaw 3

Chaw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Chew 75% 11,204
2 Chaw 100% 260
3 Chow 75% 200

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The surname Chaw is the 2nd most popular variant of Chew.

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