Knowles Name Meaning: Name given to someone who lived at the top of a hill, taken from the plural form of Middle English 'knoll'. Or name given to people who lived in the many places thus named.
Believed to be found first in Yorkshire, where records show an ancient seat held before the Norman Conquests.
Discover how your Knowles ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 3 |
| Buckinghamshire | 11 |
| Berkshire | 11 |
| Cambridgeshire | 78 |
| Channel Islands | 10 |
| Cheshire | 426 |
| Cornwall | 61 |
| Cumberland | 38 |
| Derbyshire | 340 |
| Devon | 148 |
| Dorset | 2 |
| Durham | 77 |
| Essex | 43 |
| Gloucestershire | 67 |
| Hampshire | 142 |
| Herefordshire | 26 |
| Hertfordshire | 30 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 33 |
| Isle of Man | 27 |
| Kent | 269 |
| Lancashire | 2,917 |
| Leicestershire | 34 |
| Lincolnshire | 200 |
| London | 530 |
| Middlesex | 48 |
| Northumberland | 48 |
| Norfolk | 145 |
| Northamptonshire | 31 |
| Nottinghamshire | 263 |
| Oxfordshire | 19 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 33 |
| Shropshire | 56 |
| Suffolk | 11 |
| Somerset | 114 |
| Surrey | 96 |
| Sussex | 149 |
| Staffordshire | 309 |
| Warwickshire | 180 |
| Westmorland | 89 |
| Wiltshire | 57 |
| Worcestershire | 232 |
| Yorkshire | 1,471 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 6 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 19 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 17 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 4 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 5 |
| Pembrokeshire | 4 |
| Radnorshire | 22 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,160 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 168 |
| At Home | 145 |
| House Servant | 131 |
| Labourer | 109 |
| Coal Miner | 75 |
| Dress Maker | 74 |
| Servant | 59 |
| Farm Labourer | 58 |
| House Keeper | 58 |
| Power Loom Weaver | 58 |
| Weaver | 56 |
| Scholar At Home | 48 |
| Power Loom Weaver Cotton | 48 |
| Cotton Weaver | 47 |
| Hand Loom Weaver Cotton | 44 |
| Cotton Spinner | 41 |
| Blacksmith | 41 |
| Annuitant | 37 |
| Stone Mason | 33 |
| Farmer | 33 |
| Shoe Maker | 33 |
| Farmers Son | 31 |
| Errand Boy | 29 |
| Laundress | 29 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Knowles | 7,408 |
| John Knowles | 6,643 |
| William Knowles | 6,322 |
| Elizabeth Knowles | 4,575 |
| Thomas Knowles | 4,051 |
| James Knowles | 3,870 |
| Sarah Knowles | 3,479 |
| George Knowles | 2,982 |
| Ann Knowles | 2,438 |
| Joseph Knowles | 2,071 |
| Jane Knowles | 2,060 |
| Alice Knowles | 2,019 |
| Henry Knowles | 2,015 |
| Margaret Knowles | 1,814 |
| Ellen Knowles | 1,707 |
| Charles Knowles | 1,688 |
| Robert Knowles | 1,652 |
| Annie Knowles | 1,434 |
| Hannah Knowles | 1,425 |
| Richard Knowles | 1,279 |
| Eliza Knowles | 1,213 |
| Martha Knowles | 1,173 |
| Edward Knowles | 1,167 |
| Emma Knowles | 1,061 |
| Samuel Knowles | 961 |