Gowe 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 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gowe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gowe family

Profession Census Frequency
Butcher 2
Brush Maker 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Annuitant 1
Cook Domestic 1
Currier 1
Dress Maker 1
Carpenter Unemployed 1
Farmer 1
Farm Servant Indoor 1
Contractor In Iron Works Iron Manufacturer Farmer Of 14 Acres Employing 12 Men & 1 Boy 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gowe

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gowe 27
William Gowe 16
John Gowe 15
Charles Gowe 12
Thomas Gowe 10
Elizabeth Gowe 9
Ann Gowe 7
Henry Gowe 7
James Gowe 7
Jane Gowe 6
Emma Gowe 5
Alice Gowe 4
George Gowe 4
Margaret Gowe 4
Martha Gowe 4
Rachel Gowe 4
Annie Gowe 3
Catherine Gowe 3
Edith Gowe 3
Ellen Gowe 3
Fanny Gowe 3
Louisa Gowe 3
Sarah Gowe 3
Walter Gowe 3
Agnes Gowe 2

Gowe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gow 75% 3,062
2 Gaw 50% 404
3 Gowe 100% 251
4 Gew 50% 103

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The surname Gowe is the 3rd most popular variant of Gow.

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