Goves 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 9
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 23
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
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

Goves Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Goves family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 4
Lab 3
Laundress 2
Grocer 1
Plasterer 1
Female Servant 1
Shoemaker 1
Tailor 1
Stockingman 1
Merchant 1
Warehouseman 1
Pupils 1
Farmer 1
Bricklayer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Goves

Name Census Frequency
John Goves 36
Mary Goves 36
William Goves 36
George Goves 25
Elizabeth Goves 24
Thomas Goves 20
Henry Goves 17
James Goves 17
Joseph Goves 17
Sarah Goves 13
Emma Goves 12
Charles Goves 11
Ellen Goves 11
Ann Goves 9
Florence Goves 9
Edith Goves 8
Edward Goves 8
Robert Goves 8
Alice Goves 7
Eliza Goves 7
Annie Goves 6
Hannah Goves 6
Martha Goves 6
Arthur Goves 5
Francis Goves 5

Goves Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Geeves 67% 2,370
2 Goves 100% 577
3 Geaves 67% 475
4 Gaves 80% 123
5 Govus 80% 106

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The surname Goves is the 2nd most popular variant of Geeves.

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