Irwell 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 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 10
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Irwell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Irwell family

Profession Census Frequency
Male Servant 1
Farmer 1
Boxman 1
H Keeper 1
L House 1
Seaman 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Irwell

Name Census Frequency
Mary Irwell 11
William Irwell 9
Elizabeth Irwell 7
James Irwell 7
John Irwell 5
Jane Irwell 4
Richard Irwell 4
Thomas Irwell 4
Harry Irwell 3
Joseph Irwell 3
Agnes Irwell 2
Ann Irwell 2
Anne Irwell 2
Annie Irwell 2
Charles Irwell 2
David Irwell 2
Emily Irwell 2
Emma Irwell 2
Frederick Irwell 2
George Irwell 2
Henry Irwell 2
Louisa Irwell 2
Robert Irwell 2
Sarah Irwell 2
Albert Irwell 1

Irwell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rowell 67% 22,423
2 Orwell 83% 702
3 Rewell 67% 661
4 Rowall 50% 447
5 Rowill 50% 253
6 Rawell 67% 182
7 Irwell 100% 129
8 Arwell 83% 111

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The surname Irwell is the 7th most popular variant of Rowell.

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