Paw 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 5
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 13
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Paw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Paw family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Needle Woman 2
Rope Maker 2
Waterman 2
Boarding House Keeper 1
Butcher Boy 1
Printer 1
Ship Carpenter's Wife 1
Prepetual Curate Of Parkston 1
Clerk 1
Groom 1
Annuitant 1
Pinker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Paw

Name Census Frequency
Mary Paw 35
William Paw 25
John Paw 19
Elizabeth Paw 18
Charles Paw 12
Ann Paw 10
James Paw 9
Thomas Paw 9
Eliza Paw 7
Robert Paw 7
Sarah Paw 6
Emma Paw 5
Henry Paw 5
Alice Paw 4
Charlotte Paw 4
George Paw 4
Jane Paw 4
Joseph Paw 4
Margaret Paw 4
Richard Paw 4
Ellen Paw 3
Martha Paw 3
Anne Paw 2
Catherine Paw 2
Daisy Paw 2

Paw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pow 67% 2,482
2 Powe 50% 1,654
3 Pew 67% 616
4 Paw 100% 278
5 Paugh 40% 101

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The surname Paw is the 4th most popular variant of Pow.

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