Dawes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 55
Buckinghamshire 41
Berkshire 35
Cambridgeshire 14
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 87
Cornwall 26
Cumberland 64
Derbyshire 226
Devon 41
Dorset 18
Durham 108
Essex 215
Gloucestershire 163
Hampshire 131
Herefordshire 15
Hertfordshire 98
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 17
Isle of Man 4
Kent 253
Lancashire 578
Leicestershire 78
Lincolnshire 42
London 790
Middlesex 222
Northumberland 32
Norfolk 105
Northamptonshire 52
Nottinghamshire 179
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 17
Shropshire 111
Suffolk 16
Somerset 47
Surrey 300
Sussex 312
Staffordshire 487
Warwickshire 224
Westmorland 24
Wiltshire 51
Worcestershire 200
Yorkshire 537

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 105
Merionethshire 4
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 39
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Dawes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dawes family

Profession Census Frequency
School 567
Private Means 54
Coal Miner Hewer 49
Farm Labourer 34
Clerk 30
General Servant (domestic) 30
None 29
Labourer 29
Dressmaker 27
General Labourer 25
House Painter 22
Scholar 21
House Keeper 20
At Home 19
Dress Maker 18
Cotton Weaver 17
Carpenter 16
Shop Assistant 16
Assisting In Business 15
Butcher 15
Charwoman 14
Domestic Servant 14
Gardener (domestic) 14
General Servant Domestic 13
Assisting In The Business 13

Most Frequent Forenames for Dawes

Name Census Frequency
William Dawes 1,872
Mary Dawes 1,611
Elizabeth Dawes 1,070
George Dawes 961
Sarah Dawes 910
Thomas Dawes 850
John Dawes 829
James Dawes 798
Henry Dawes 660
Charles Dawes 571
Ann Dawes 535
Joseph Dawes 499
Jane Dawes 453
Edward Dawes 410
Annie Dawes 400
Eliza Dawes 381
Frederick Dawes 375
Emma Dawes 372
Alice Dawes 352
Alfred Dawes 351
Arthur Dawes 343
Ellen Dawes 339
Emily Dawes 316
Samuel Dawes 309
Albert Dawes 279

Dawes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dawes 100% 27,311
2 Daws 80% 10,085
3 Dowse 40% 7,349
4 Dews 60% 4,355
5 Dewis 60% 2,554
6 Dowes 80% 860
7 Dewes 80% 850
8 Dows 60% 627
9 Dawis 80% 579
10 Dewse 40% 409
11 Dawse 60% 276
12 Dowis 60% 244
13 Dowas 60% 160
14 Dowies 67% 133
15 Dawies 83% 123

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