Cowood 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 10
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
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 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 4
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

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

Cowood Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cowood family

Profession Census Frequency
Shoe Maker 2
Female Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Corn Factory 1
School Mistress 1
House Keeper 1
Joiner 1
Weaver 1
Ag Labourer 1
Publican 1
Saddler 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cowood

Name Census Frequency
John Cowood 22
George Cowood 20
Mary Cowood 18
Charles Cowood 17
William Cowood 17
Sarah Cowood 16
Thomas Cowood 16
James Cowood 12
Joseph Cowood 11
Ann Cowood 10
Jane Cowood 10
Annie Cowood 7
Henry Cowood 7
Samuel Cowood 7
Ada Cowood 6
Elizabeth Cowood 6
Emily Cowood 6
Matthew Cowood 6
Sam Cowood 6
Tom Cowood 6
Maria Cowood 5
Clara Cowood 4
Dennis Cowood 4
Florence Cowood 4
Frederick Cowood 4

Cowood Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cawood 83% 5,354
2 Cowd 67% 651
3 Cowood 100% 408
4 Cauwood 71% 197

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The surname Cowood is the 3rd most popular variant of Cawood.

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