Jow 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 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
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 36

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

Jow Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jow family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner Hewer 2
Domestic 2
Engineer's Labourer 1
Watch & Clock Maker 1
Armour Plate Labourer 1
Glass Bottle Maker 1
Hewer Coal Miner 1
Silver Engineer White 1
Steel Melter 1
Under Ground Engineman 1
Seaman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Jow

Name Census Frequency
Mary Jow 22
William Jow 16
John Jow 12
Ann Jow 11
James Jow 11
George Jow 10
Thomas Jow 8
Alice Jow 7
Elizabeth Jow 7
Arthur Jow 5
Jane Jow 5
Walter Jow 5
Annie Jow 4
Betsy Jow 4
Emma Jow 4
Frederick Jow 4
Samuel Jow 4
Albert Jow 3
Amelia Jow 3
Charles Jow 3
Edith Jow 3
Harry Jow 3
Herbert Jow 3
Margaret Jow 3
Robert Jow 3

Jow Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jew 67% 1,129
2 Jow 100% 249

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The surname Jow is the 2nd most popular variant of Jew.

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