Dowrey 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 2
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

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

Dowrey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dowrey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
House Servant 2
Silk Weaver 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Carter 1
Silk Warderman 1
Tailor 1
Labourer's Wife 1
Nail Cutter 1
Hawker 1
Wife Of Above 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dowrey

Name Census Frequency
John Dowrey 13
Mary Dowrey 10
Elizabeth Dowrey 6
James Dowrey 6
Margaret Dowrey 5
Michael Dowrey 4
Thomas Dowrey 4
William Dowrey 4
Alice Dowrey 3
Ann Dowrey 3
Edward Dowrey 3
Jane Dowrey 3
Sarah Dowrey 3
Arthur Dowrey 2
Catherine Dowrey 2
Clara Dowrey 2
Edith Dowrey 2
Edwin Dowrey 2
George Dowrey 2
Isabella Dowrey 2
Joseph Dowrey 2
Alary Dowrey 1
Arnold Dowrey 1
Barbara Dowrey 1
Barbera Dowrey 1

Dowrey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dewry 67% 281
2 Dowry 83% 188
3 Dewery 50% 129
4 Dowrey 100% 121

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The surname Dowrey is the 4th most popular variant of Dewry.

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