| Bedfordshire | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 3 |
| Berkshire | 7 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 |
| Channel Islands | 3 |
| Cheshire | 5 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 3 |
| Devon | 7 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 15 |
| Essex | 6 |
| Gloucestershire | 6 |
| Hampshire | 76 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 30 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 9 |
| Lancashire | 18 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 299 |
| London | 212 |
| Middlesex | 8 |
| Northumberland | 10 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 19 |
| Oxfordshire | 3 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 36 |
| Somerset | 11 |
| Surrey | 19 |
| Sussex | 3 |
| Staffordshire | 9 |
| Warwickshire | 28 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 119 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 74 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 11 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 1 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 209 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 34 |
| Farmers Son | 14 |
| Domestic Servant | 13 |
| Dress Maker | 12 |
| Bricklayer | 10 |
| General Labourer | 9 |
| Farm Servant Indoor | 9 |
| General Servant | 8 |
| Labourer | 7 |
| Laundress | 7 |
| Annuitant | 6 |
| Tailor | 6 |
| Farm Labourer | 6 |
| Farm Servant | 6 |
| Carpenter | 5 |
| Brick Layer | 5 |
| Builder | 4 |
| Railway Porter | 4 |
| Butcher | 4 |
| Cottager | 4 |
| Cook Domestic | 3 |
| Carter | 3 |
| Charwoman | 3 |
| Iron Moulder | 3 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Dowse | 501 |
| William Dowse | 455 |
| John Dowse | 418 |
| George Dowse | 312 |
| Elizabeth Dowse | 305 |
| Thomas Dowse | 235 |
| James Dowse | 215 |
| Sarah Dowse | 209 |
| Charles Dowse | 180 |
| Jane Dowse | 162 |
| Ann Dowse | 158 |
| Henry Dowse | 154 |
| Robert Dowse | 125 |
| Richard Dowse | 112 |
| Eliza Dowse | 107 |
| Emma Dowse | 106 |
| Annie Dowse | 102 |
| Joseph Dowse | 95 |
| Edward Dowse | 94 |
| Alfred Dowse | 93 |
| Frederick Dowse | 81 |
| Alice Dowse | 75 |
| Ellen Dowse | 70 |
| Louisa Dowse | 65 |
| Hannah Dowse | 64 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawes | 40% | 27,311 |
| 2 | Daws | 60% | 10,085 |
| 3 | Dowse | 100% | 7,349 |
| 4 | Dews | 60% | 4,355 |
| 5 | Douse | 80% | 3,032 |
| 6 | Dewis | 40% | 2,554 |
| 7 | Dowes | 60% | 860 |
| 8 | Dewes | 40% | 850 |
| 9 | Dows | 80% | 627 |
| 10 | Dawis | 40% | 579 |
| 11 | Dewse | 80% | 409 |
| 12 | Dawse | 80% | 276 |
| 13 | Dowis | 60% | 244 |
| 14 | Dowas | 60% | 160 |
| 15 | Dowies | 67% | 133 |
| 16 | Dawies | 50% | 123 |
The surname Dowse is the 3rd most popular variant of Dawes.