Jowess 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 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 4
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 17
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

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

Jowess Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jowess family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Card Hand 1
Shoe Maker 1
Labourer 1
Pensioner 1
Blacksmith 1
Clay Potter 1
Female Servant 1
Laborer 1
Independent 1
Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Jowess

Name Census Frequency
John Jowess 23
Sarah Jowess 22
William Jowess 20
Mary Jowess 18
Thomas Jowess 13
Charles Jowess 10
Elizabeth Jowess 10
James Jowess 10
Jane Jowess 9
Joseph Jowess 9
George Jowess 8
Ann Jowess 5
Henry Jowess 5
Alfred Jowess 4
Caroline Jowess 4
Daniel Jowess 4
Eliza Jowess 4
Fanny Jowess 4
Frances Jowess 4
Hannah Jowess 4
Herbert Jowess 4
Robert Jowess 4
Edward Jowess 3
Emma Jowess 3
Florence Jowess 3

Jowess Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jewiss 67% 1,010
2 Jowess 100% 302
3 Jowes 83% 250
4 Jewess 83% 193

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The surname Jowess is the 2nd most popular variant of Jewiss.

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