Dowlas 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 4
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 11

Wales

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

Dowlas Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dowlas family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Joiner 1
Joiner Master 1
Coalminer 1
Coalminers Wife 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Carter 1
Fancy Power Loom Weaver 1
Labourer 1
Tailor 1
Woolen Winder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dowlas

Name Census Frequency
John Dowlas 15
Elizabeth Dowlas 12
William Dowlas 11
Mary Dowlas 10
Sarah Dowlas 9
Ann Dowlas 7
James Dowlas 6
George Dowlas 5
Henry Dowlas 5
Thomas Dowlas 5
Edward Dowlas 4
Joseph Dowlas 4
Richard Dowlas 4
Catherine Dowlas 3
Eliza Dowlas 3
Ellen Dowlas 3
Moses Dowlas 3
Alexander Dowlas 2
Alfred Dowlas 2
Charles Dowlas 2
Emily Dowlas 2
Emma Dowlas 2
Fanny Dowlas 2
Frances Dowlas 2
Francis Dowlas 2

Dowlas Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dowles 83% 1,061
2 Dowlas 100% 176

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The surname Dowlas is the 2nd most popular variant of Dowles.

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