Downson 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 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
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 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Downson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Downson family

Profession Census Frequency
House Servant 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Winder 1
Farmer Of 94 Acres Employ-2 Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Downson

Name Census Frequency
Mary Downson 24
Thomas Downson 14
Sarah Downson 12
James Downson 11
John Downson 11
William Downson 11
Elizabeth Downson 10
Jane Downson 6
Ann Downson 5
Annie Downson 5
Margaret Downson 5
Charles Downson 4
Joseph Downson 4
Alice Downson 3
Edward Downson 3
Ellen Downson 3
George Downson 3
Harriet Downson 3
Harry Downson 3
Julia Downson 3
Walter Downson 3
Ada Downson 2
Albert Downson 2
Arthur Downson 2
Catherine Downson 2

Downson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Edwinson 63% 328
2 Downson 100% 224

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The surname Downson is the 2nd most popular variant of Edwinson.

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