Howay 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 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 4
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

Howay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Howay family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Groom 1
Grocer Shopman 1
Milliner Wife 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Brush Maker 1
Hat Sewer 1
Silk Winder 1
Cook 1
Gardener 1
Carpenter 1
Railway Bookerman 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Howay

Name Census Frequency
William Howay 18
John Howay 15
Elizabeth Howay 13
Mary Howay 10
Charles Howay 9
James Howay 8
George Howay 7
Sarah Howay 7
Ann Howay 5
Jane Howay 5
Joseph Howay 5
Richard Howay 5
Eliza Howay 4
Emma Howay 4
Margaret Howay 4
Alice Howay 3
Emily Howay 3
Ernest Howay 3
Hannah Howay 3
Henry Howay 3
Maria Howay 3
Robson Howay 3
Albert Howay 2
Arthur Howay 2
Caroline Howay 2

Howay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hawey 60% 7,657
2 Howey 80% 4,238
3 Haway 80% 405
4 Hewey 60% 259
5 Howay 100% 214

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The surname Howay is the 5th most popular variant of Hawey.

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