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

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

Mowley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mowley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Deaconess 1
Cotton Winder 1
Puddler Iron 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Hat Maker 1
Weaver Wool 1
Coal Miner 1
Dressmaker 1
Lace Dresser 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mowley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Mowley 14
John Mowley 11
Thomas Mowley 8
Elizabeth Mowley 7
William Mowley 6
Henry Mowley 5
Annie Mowley 4
George Mowley 4
Jane Mowley 4
Ellen Mowley 3
James Mowley 3
Richard Mowley 3
Sarah Mowley 3
Amelia Mowley 2
Ann Mowley 2
Emma Mowley 2
Harriet Mowley 2
Margaret Mowley 2
Martha Mowley 2
Alice Mowley 1
Alie Mowley 1
Allan Mowley 1
Allen Mowley 1
Caroline Mowley 1
Charles Mowley 1

Mowley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Molley 83% 1,376
2 Mawley 83% 619
3 Moley 83% 468
4 Mooley 83% 379
5 Molly 67% 310
6 Mowley 100% 127

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The surname Mowley is the 6th most popular variant of Molley.

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