| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 5 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 3 |
| Channel Islands | 4 |
| Cheshire | 1 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Cumberland | 5 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 8 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 11 |
| Essex | 8 |
| Gloucestershire | 2 |
| Hampshire | 57 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 34 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 6 |
| Lancashire | 15 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 234 |
| London | 184 |
| Middlesex | 14 |
| Northumberland | 20 |
| Norfolk | 14 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 15 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 26 |
| Somerset | 19 |
| Surrey | 4 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 3 |
| Warwickshire | 25 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 106 |
| Worcestershire | 10 |
| Yorkshire | 33 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 5 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 182 |
| Labourer | 20 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 20 |
| Domestic Servant | 11 |
| General Servant | 10 |
| Annuitant | 9 |
| Servant | 9 |
| Dress Maker | 8 |
| Assistant | 8 |
| Ag Labourer | 8 |
| Bricklayer | 6 |
| Farm Labourer | 5 |
| Farm Servant Indoor | 5 |
| Silk Weaver | 5 |
| Carter | 4 |
| Errand Boy | 4 |
| Carpenter | 4 |
| Farm Servant | 4 |
| Cook | 3 |
| Coal Miner | 3 |
| Brewer | 3 |
| Housekeeper | 3 |
| Shepherd | 3 |
| No Occupation | 3 |
| Tailor | 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.