Fow 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 6
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 1
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 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Fow Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fow family

Profession Census Frequency
Laundress 2
Living On Own Means 2
Farm Servant 2
Banker & Coal Miner 1
General Labourer 1
Scholar 1
Cook Domestic 1
Labourer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Pensioner 1
House Decorator 1
Asylum Attendant 1
No Occupation 1
Police Constable 1
Plaisterer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Fow

Name Census Frequency
Mary Fow 28
Thomas Fow 28
John Fow 26
Elizabeth Fow 24
George Fow 21
William Fow 16
Ann Fow 12
Jane Fow 12
Sarah Fow 12
Catherine Fow 9
Alice Fow 8
James Fow 8
Eliza Fow 7
Charles Fow 6
Harry Fow 6
Martha Fow 6
Annie Fow 5
Edith Fow 5
Joseph Fow 5
Maria Fow 5
Alfred Fow 4
Samuel Fow 4
Susan Fow 4
Arthur Fow 3
Ellen Fow 3

Fow Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Few 67% 6,440
2 Fow 100% 403
3 Fowe 75% 289
4 Faw 67% 234

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The surname Fow is the 2nd most popular variant of Few.

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