Mow 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 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 0
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mow Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mow family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Scholar 1
Currier 1
Milliner & Dress Maker 1
Servant 1
Farm Labourer 1
House Servant 1
Labourer Wife 1
General Servant 1
Cook And House Keeper 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Employing At Silk Mill 1
Jeweller 1
Shoemaker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mow

Name Census Frequency
John Mow 25
Mary Mow 23
William Mow 19
Elizabeth Mow 18
George Mow 14
Thomas Mow 11
James Mow 9
Maria Mow 7
Ann Mow 6
Charles Mow 6
Henry Mow 6
Eliza Mow 5
Hannah Mow 5
Joseph Mow 5
Sarah Mow 5
Alice Mow 4
Jane Mow 4
Louisa Mow 4
Lucy Mow 4
Margaret Mow 4
Richard Mow 4
Albert Mow 3
Annie Mow 3
Florence Mow 3
Michael Mow 3

Mow Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Maw 67% 8,397
2 Mew 67% 5,135
3 Mawe 50% 785
4 Mowe 75% 513
5 Mow 100% 297
6 Moe 67% 233

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The surname Mow is the 5th most popular variant of Maw.

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