Gowing 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 3
Derbyshire 0
Devon 12
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 41
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 32
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 163
Northamptonshire 12
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 134
Somerset 6
Surrey 1
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 25

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

Gowing Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gowing family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 17
Agricultural Labourer 17
Independent 10
Labourer 10
Farmer 10
Shoe Maker 9
Miller 7
Ag Labourer 4
Male Servant 3
Mariner 3
Beetster 3
Dress Maker 2
Joiner 2
Bricklayer 2
Blacksmith 2
Printer 2
Grocer 2
Harness Maker 1
Indepentdent 1
Journey Man Blacksmith 1
Market Gardener 1
Butcher 1
Draper Journeyman 1
Fisherman 1
House Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gowing

Name Census Frequency
George Gowing 371
William Gowing 344
Mary Gowing 289
John Gowing 265
Elizabeth Gowing 217
Sarah Gowing 197
James Gowing 192
Henry Gowing 132
Charles Gowing 131
Thomas Gowing 115
Frederick Gowing 101
Eliza Gowing 94
Jane Gowing 94
Alice Gowing 89
Ellen Gowing 89
Robert Gowing 88
Samuel Gowing 85
Emma Gowing 74
Maria Gowing 65
Ann Gowing 62
Annie Gowing 62
Edward Gowing 60
Arthur Gowing 57
Emily Gowing 57
Hannah Gowing 54

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