Cowls 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 14
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 1
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 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
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 4
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cowls Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cowls family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 3
Female Servant 2
Fisherman 2
Net Maker 1
Seaman 1
Mills 1
Independent 1
Shopman 1
Tailor 1
Coal Caster 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cowls

Name Census Frequency
Mary Cowls 39
John Cowls 33
Thomas Cowls 25
William Cowls 24
Henry Cowls 23
Jane Cowls 23
Elizabeth Cowls 20
Joseph Cowls 16
James Cowls 13
Annie Cowls 11
Emily Cowls 10
Ann Cowls 8
George Cowls 8
Richard Cowls 8
Sarah Cowls 8
Alice Cowls 7
Agnes Cowls 6
Catherine Cowls 5
Emma Cowls 5
Hannah Cowls 5
Eliza Cowls 4
Grace Cowls 4
Margaret Cowls 4
Susan Cowls 4
Beatrice Cowls 3

Cowls Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cowles 83% 6,172
2 Cowls 100% 450
3 Couls 80% 114
4 Cawles 67% 108
5 Coulls 67% 101

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The surname Cowls is the 2nd most popular variant of Cowles.

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