Fowe 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 19
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Fowe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fowe family

Profession Census Frequency
Male Servant 4
Independent 3
Bonnet Maker 1
Book Keeper 1
Carter 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Publican 1
Grocer 1
Ribbon Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Fowe

Name Census Frequency
Mary Fowe 24
John Fowe 21
Elizabeth Fowe 18
Thomas Fowe 15
William Fowe 12
Edward Fowe 11
Ann Fowe 10
Sarah Fowe 10
George Fowe 9
Hannah Fowe 7
Henry Fowe 7
Samuel Fowe 7
James Fowe 6
Martha Fowe 6
Annie Fowe 5
Joseph Fowe 5
Catherine Fowe 4
Charles Fowe 4
Eliza Fowe 4
Ino Fowe 4
Nancy Fowe 4
Peter Fowe 4
Alice Fowe 3
Jane Fowe 3
Simon Fowe 3

Fowe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Few 50% 6,440
2 Fow 75% 403
3 Fowe 100% 289
4 Faw 50% 234

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The surname Fowe is the 3rd most popular variant of Few.

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