Maws Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Durham 2
Hampshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lincolnshire 7
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 11
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0

Maws Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Maws family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Mason 1
Blacksmith 1
Green Grocer 1
Soldier 1
Ag Labourer 1
Apprentice 1
Cartwright 1
Sailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Maws

Name Census Frequency
John Maws 11
Mary Maws 10
William Maws 10
George Maws 8
Thomas Maws 7
Elizabeth Maws 6
Sarah Maws 6
James Maws 4
Robert Maws 4
Alice Maws 3
Ann Maws 3
Catherine Maws 3
Eliza Maws 3
Jane Maws 3
Joseph Maws 3
Alfred Maws 2
Benjamin Maws 2
Edith Maws 2
Ethel Maws 2
Frederick Maws 2
Louisa Maws 2
Margaret Maws 2
Ben Maws 1
Caroline Maws 1
Charles Maws 1

Maws Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mews 75% 1,700
2 Mewis 60% 838
3 Mewes 60% 763
4 Mewse 60% 553
5 Maws 100% 136
6 Mawes 80% 105

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The surname Maws is the 5th most popular variant of Mews.

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