Gowes 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 2
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
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 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gowes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gowes family

Profession Census Frequency
No Profession Land Owner 1
Toll Bar Contractor 1
Toll Collector 1
Farm Servant 1
Fitter 1
Cook 1
Corn Merchant 1
Maintained By Children 1
Annuitant 1
Carpenter 1
Scholar 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gowes

Name Census Frequency
William Gowes 15
Elizabeth Gowes 11
Mary Gowes 11
George Gowes 9
Thomas Gowes 9
John Gowes 7
Sarah Gowes 6
Charles Gowes 5
Alfred Gowes 4
Ann Gowes 4
Ellen Gowes 4
Emily Gowes 4
Emma Gowes 4
Henry Gowes 4
Robert Gowes 4
Walter Gowes 4
Annie Gowes 3
Arthur Gowes 3
Clara Gowes 3
Edith Gowes 3
Edward Gowes 3
Ernest Gowes 3
Francis Gowes 3
Martha Gowes 3
Catherine Gowes 2

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