Lewes 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 17
Berkshire 95
Cambridgeshire 8
Channel Islands 12
Cheshire 65
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 30
Derbyshire 27
Devon 106
Dorset 2
Durham 64
Essex 66
Gloucestershire 59
Hampshire 103
Herefordshire 113
Hertfordshire 55
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 9
Isle of Man 0
Kent 109
Lancashire 310
Leicestershire 9
Lincolnshire 4
London 814
Middlesex 66
Northumberland 27
Norfolk 22
Northamptonshire 36
Nottinghamshire 38
Oxfordshire 36
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 9
Shropshire 15
Suffolk 24
Somerset 37
Surrey 56
Sussex 89
Staffordshire 88
Warwickshire 72
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 26
Worcestershire 60
Yorkshire 125

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 40
Carmarthenshire 240
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 5
Glamorgan 891
Merionethshire 8
Montgomeryshire 11
Monmouthshire 241
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Lewes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lewes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 718
Coal Miner 164
Domestic Servant 55
General Labourer 47
Living On Own Means 44
Farmer 38
Dress Maker 35
Agricultural Labourer 35
General Servant 34
Labourer 32
Clerk 26
General Servant Domestic 24
Carpenter 21
Living On Her Own Means 21
House Keeper 16
Tailor 15
Collier 14
Laundress 12
Railway Porter 11
Grocer 11
Blacksmith 10
Carman 10
Butcher 10
Farm Labourer 10
Cook Domestic Servant 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Lewes

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lewes 835
William Lewes 811
John Lewes 753
Elizabeth Lewes 556
Thomas Lewes 456
Sarah Lewes 436
George Lewes 357
Ann Lewes 317
James Lewes 296
Jane Lewes 256
Henry Lewes 233
Charles Lewes 228
David Lewes 213
Margaret Lewes 205
Edward Lewes 194
Eliza Lewes 192
Ellen Lewes 168
Annie Lewes 161
Joseph Lewes 155
Richard Lewes 155
Frederick Lewes 140
Emma Lewes 137
Alice Lewes 124
Hannah Lewes 121
Alfred Lewes 119

Lewes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lewis 80% 587,574
2 Laws 60% 23,910
3 Lowes 80% 14,705
4 Lewes 100% 12,347
5 Lawes 80% 10,916
6 Lowis 60% 3,579
7 Lows 60% 1,429
8 Lawis 60% 1,266
9 Leweis 83% 790
10 Lewies 83% 691
11 Lews 80% 642
12 Elwis 40% 557
13 Elwes 60% 456
14 Lowse 40% 237
15 Lowas 60% 236
16 Lweis 60% 227

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The surname Lewes is the 4th most popular variant of Lewis.

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