Hown 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 2
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 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hown Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hown family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Domestic Cook 1
Commission Agent 1
Laundress 1
Chimney Sweeper 1
On Own Means 1
Coal Miner 1
Domestic Servant 1
General Labourer 1
Coal Mariner 1
Retired Brewer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hown

Name Census Frequency
William Hown 16
Elizabeth Hown 10
John Hown 10
Mary Hown 10
James Hown 9
Sarah Hown 8
Henry Hown 7
Robert Hown 6
Thomas Hown 6
Joseph Hown 5
Annie Hown 4
George Hown 4
Ellen Hown 3
Ann Hown 2
Charles Hown 2
Edith Hown 2
Eliza Hown 2
Frederick Hown 2
Grace Hown 2
Hannah Hown 2
Louisa Hown 2
Margaret Hown 2
Herbert Hown 1
Horace Hown 1
Jane Hown 1

Hown Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hewin 60% 840
2 Howen 80% 477
3 Hewen 60% 386
4 Howan 80% 255
5 Hown 100% 160
6 Hawn 75% 151

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The surname Hown is the 5th most popular variant of Hewin.

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