Knowels 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 2
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 6
Dorset 0
Durham 5
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 9
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 6
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

Knowels Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Knowels family

Profession Census Frequency
Mariner 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Dress Maker 2
Labourer 2
Farmer 1
Independent 1
Charwoman 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Knowels

Name Census Frequency
John Knowels 37
Mary Knowels 36
William Knowels 22
Elizabeth Knowels 21
Sarah Knowels 19
Thomas Knowels 17
Henry Knowels 15
James Knowels 13
Ann Knowels 12
Margaret Knowels 12
George Knowels 10
Alice Knowels 7
Emma Knowels 7
Jane Knowels 7
Robert Knowels 7
Susannah Knowels 7
Charles Knowels 6
Edward Knowels 6
Richard Knowels 6
Ellen Knowels 5
Frederick Knowels 5
Hannah Knowels 5
Samuel Knowels 5
Alfred Knowels 4
Arthur Knowels 4

Knowels Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Knowles 71% 104,699
2 Knowls 86% 1,892
3 Knowels 100% 425

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The surname Knowels is the 3rd most popular variant of Knowles.

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