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 4
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 9
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 23
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 9
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 7
London 69
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 197
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 110
Somerset 6
Surrey 4
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 4
Warwickshire 9
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 26

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
Scholar 99
Agricultural Labourer 23
House Servant 6
Dressmaker 5
Ag Lab 5
Shoe Maker 5
Servant 4
Blacksmith 4
Dress Maker 4
Farmer 4
General Servant 4
Thatcher 4
Laundress 3
Shoe Binder 3
Wife 3
Stay Maker 2
Charwoman 2
Baker 2
Bricklayer 2
Needle Woman 2
Printer 2
Ship Carpenter 2
Annuitant 2
Carpenter 2
Cook 2

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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