Plough Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
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

Plough Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Plough family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Domestic Servant 2
Bobbin Carrier 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Formerly Coal Miner 1
Infant 1
Laundress 1
Carter & Labourer 1
Blacksmith 1
Moulder 1
Coachman 1
Carpenter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Plough

Name Census Frequency
Mary Plough 18
John Plough 12
William Plough 12
George Plough 8
Joseph Plough 8
Ann Plough 6
Elizabeth Plough 5
Ellen Plough 5
Henry Plough 5
Thomas Plough 5
Alice Plough 4
James Plough 4
Jane Plough 4
Richard Plough 4
Alfred Plough 3
Annie Plough 3
Christopher Plough 3
David Plough 3
Edward Plough 3
Emily Plough 3
Florence Plough 3
Peter Plough 3
Robert Plough 3
Sarah Plough 3
Emma Plough 2

Plough Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Plow 50% 577
2 Plough 100% 201

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The surname Plough is the 2nd most popular variant of Plow.

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