Dowset Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Dowset Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dowset family

Profession Census Frequency
Book Stitcher 1
Housemaid (domestic) 1
Tramway Motorman 1
Iron Worker Erecting Buildings 1
Retired Bible Woman 1
Head Keeper (game) 1
Keeper Assistant 1
Iron Worker 1
Cowman On Farm 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dowset

Name Census Frequency
William Dowset 25
Mary Dowset 22
John Dowset 16
James Dowset 15
Sarah Dowset 10
Thomas Dowset 9
Ann Dowset 8
Jane Dowset 8
Caroline Dowset 7
Eliza Dowset 7
Elizabeth Dowset 7
George Dowset 7
Henry Dowset 7
Emma Dowset 6
Martha Dowset 6
Charles Dowset 5
Edward Dowset 5
Harriet Dowset 5
Maria Dowset 5
Robert Dowset 5
Samuel Dowset 5
Daniel Dowset 4
Emily Dowset 4
Susannah Dowset 4
Gertrude Dowset 3

Dowset Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dowset 100% 292
2 Dousett 71% 112

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