Gowdy 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 23
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Gowdy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gowdy family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 12
Miner Iron 6
Cotton Cardroom Hand 1
Manager Of Bottle Works 1
Painter Employing 1
Shipwright & Grocer 1
Turner & Carrier 1
Monthly Nurse 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gowdy

Name Census Frequency
John Gowdy 27
William Gowdy 27
Thomas Gowdy 21
James Gowdy 18
Mary Gowdy 18
Elizabeth Gowdy 13
Margaret Gowdy 13
Robert Gowdy 13
Henry Gowdy 11
Hamilton Gowdy 10
Annie Gowdy 9
Jane Gowdy 8
Joseph Gowdy 8
Alfred Gowdy 7
Dorothy Gowdy 6
Ann Gowdy 5
Esther Gowdy 5
George Gowdy 5
Harrison Gowdy 5
Laura Gowdy 5
Alice Gowdy 4
Florence Gowdy 4
Frances Gowdy 4
Frederick Gowdy 4
Harriet Gowdy 4

Gowdy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Goudie 50% 689
2 Gowdy 100% 384
3 Goudey 67% 248
4 Goudy 80% 236

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The surname Gowdy is the 2nd most popular variant of Goudie.

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