Dawnes 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 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 8
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 10
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

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

Dawnes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dawnes family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Pauper 2
Joiner 1
Independant 1
Independent 1
Milliner Apprentice 1
Service 1
Tailor 1
Shopman 1
Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dawnes

Name Census Frequency
William Dawnes 30
Mary Dawnes 28
John Dawnes 22
Thomas Dawnes 17
James Dawnes 16
Elizabeth Dawnes 14
George Dawnes 10
Ann Dawnes 9
Charles Dawnes 8
Sarah Dawnes 8
Hannah Dawnes 7
Jane Dawnes 7
Robert Dawnes 7
Annie Dawnes 6
Eliza Dawnes 6
Harry Dawnes 5
Henry Dawnes 5
Alfred Dawnes 4
Emily Dawnes 4
Joseph Dawnes 4
Richard Dawnes 4
Alice Dawnes 3
Arthur Dawnes 3
Benjamin Dawnes 3
Catherine Dawnes 3

Dawnes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Downs 67% 31,148
2 Downes 83% 26,648
3 Edwins 33% 576
4 Dawns 83% 516
5 Dawnes 100% 365
6 Dowens 50% 200

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The surname Dawnes is the 5th most popular variant of Downs.

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