Cowes 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 5
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 8
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 0
Somerset 4
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Cowes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cowes family

Profession Census Frequency
Dress Maker 2
Male Servant 2
Independent 1
Farmer 1
Sergeant 1
Female Servant 1
Waterman 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Blacksmith Journeyman 1
Widow 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cowes

Name Census Frequency
Mary Cowes 30
John Cowes 22
William Cowes 18
George Cowes 15
Elizabeth Cowes 14
Thomas Cowes 13
Emily Cowes 10
Henry Cowes 10
Jane Cowes 10
James Cowes 9
Arthur Cowes 8
Alice Cowes 7
Edward Cowes 7
Charles Cowes 6
Emma Cowes 6
Hannah Cowes 6
Margaret Cowes 6
Ann Cowes 5
Eliza Cowes 5
Ellen Cowes 5
Jessie Cowes 5
Herbert Cowes 4
Adam Cowes 3
Alfred Cowes 3
Esther Cowes 3

Cowes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Caws 60% 1,858
2 Cawse 40% 1,610
3 Cowes 100% 368
4 Cows 80% 164
5 Cawes 80% 119

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The surname Cowes is the 3rd most popular variant of Caws.

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