Jowes 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 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 3
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Jowes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jowes family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Scholar 2
House Maid 1
Color Sergeant Army 1
Out Door Servant 1
Ladys Maid 1
Coal Pits 1
Carmanmaster 1
Cook 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Jowes

Name Census Frequency
John Jowes 18
George Jowes 16
William Jowes 16
Mary Jowes 12
Thomas Jowes 11
Jane Jowes 9
Elizabeth Jowes 8
Henry Jowes 7
Charles Jowes 6
Hannah Jowes 5
James Jowes 5
Annie Jowes 4
Harriet Jowes 4
Martha Jowes 4
Robert Jowes 4
Agnes Jowes 3
Catherine Jowes 3
Emily Jowes 3
Ernest Jowes 3
Isabella Jowes 3
Joseph Jowes 3
Louisa Jowes 3
Lucy Jowes 3
Margaret Jowes 3
Richard Jowes 3

Jowes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jawis 60% 1,171
2 Jewis 60% 1,165
3 Jewes 80% 695
4 Jowess 83% 302
5 Jowes 100% 250
6 Jawes 80% 168
7 Jews 60% 110

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The surname Jowes is the 5th most popular variant of Jawis.

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