Gowman 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 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 36
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 10
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 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

Gowman Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gowman family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 6
Female Servant 3
Shoe Maker 2
Independent 1
Laundress 1
Wool Comber 1
Coke Burner 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gowman

Name Census Frequency
William Gowman 79
Mary Gowman 54
Elizabeth Gowman 46
John Gowman 43
James Gowman 29
Sarah Gowman 29
Henry Gowman 26
Thomas Gowman 21
Richard Gowman 20
Ellen Gowman 17
Emma Gowman 17
Jane Gowman 16
Samuel Gowman 16
Ann Gowman 14
Eliza Gowman 11
Grace Gowman 10
Alice Gowman 9
Emily Gowman 9
Robert Gowman 8
Alfred Gowman 7
Harry Gowman 7
Martha Gowman 7
Rose Gowman 7
Annie Gowman 6
Edward Gowman 6

Gowman Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gowman 100% 714
2 Gawman 83% 300
3 Gaumon 50% 153

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