Dowde 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 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 5
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 15

Wales

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

Dowde Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dowde family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 11
Mason Labourer 1
Warehouseman 1
Baby 1
Butcher Unemployed 1
Cab Driver 1
House Keeper 1
Brush Maker 1
Domestic Servant 1
Gardener Domestic 1
General Labourer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Nursemiad 1
No Occupation 1
Assistant At Rag Works 1
Ball Furnaceman Iron 1
Housekeeper 1
Confectioner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dowde

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dowde 21
John Dowde 19
George Dowde 15
Ellen Dowde 11
William Dowde 11
Catherine Dowde 8
Edith Dowde 8
Elizabeth Dowde 8
Maria Dowde 8
Thomas Dowde 8
Alice Dowde 7
Edward Dowde 7
Fanny Dowde 7
Henry Dowde 7
James Dowde 7
Joseph Dowde 7
Margaret Dowde 7
Edwin Dowde 6
Sarah Dowde 6
Albert Dowde 5
Ann Dowde 5
Annie Dowde 5
Bridget Dowde 5
Frank Dowde 5
Caroline Dowde 4

Dowde Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dowd 80% 5,684
2 Doud 60% 702
3 Dowde 100% 339
4 Odowd 60% 252
5 Edwood 33% 109

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The surname Dowde is the 3rd most popular variant of Dowd.

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