Cows 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 3
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
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 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cows Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cows family

Profession Census Frequency
Bricklayer 1
Salt Boiler 1
Farmers Widow 1
Farming 100 Acres 1 Labourer 1
Butcher Employing 1 Man 1
Mason 1
Laundress 1
Farmer's Daughter 1
Miner 1
Miners Wife 1
Boot Closer Chelsea Pensioner 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cows

Name Census Frequency
John Cows 10
William Cows 10
Elizabeth Cows 9
George Cows 9
Mary Cows 9
Sarah Cows 7
Annie Cows 5
Henry Cows 5
Louisa Cows 5
Richard Cows 5
Emma Cows 4
Jane Cows 4
Albert Cows 3
Alfred Cows 3
Alice Cows 3
Charles Cows 3
Emily Cows 3
Margaret Cows 3
Samuel Cows 3
Thomas Cows 3
Eliza Cows 2
Hannah Cows 2
Harriett Cows 2
Harry Cows 2
James Cows 2

Cows Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Caws 75% 1,858
2 Cawse 60% 1,610
3 Cowes 80% 368
4 Cows 100% 164
5 Cawes 60% 119

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The surname Cows is the 4th most popular variant of Caws.

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