Prowse 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 6
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 17
Cornwall 125
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 377
Dorset 14
Durham 0
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 19
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 34
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 110
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 16
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 11
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 9
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 9

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 7
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Prowse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Prowse family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 115
Agricultural Labourer 27
Dress Maker 18
House Servant 13
Mason 10
Tin Miner 9
Labourer 8
Laundress 7
Carpenter 6
Farm Servant 6
House Maid 6
Servant 6
Cook 5
Sawyer 5
Tailor 5
Ship Owner 4
General Servant 4
Wife Of Above 4
Flax Spinner 4
School Mistress 3
Carter 3
Inn Keeper 3
Shoe Maker 3
Joiner 3
Clergymans Daughter 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Prowse

Name Census Frequency
William Prowse 636
Mary Prowse 627
John Prowse 492
Elizabeth Prowse 400
James Prowse 263
Sarah Prowse 235
George Prowse 230
Robert Prowse 226
Thomas Prowse 206
Charles Prowse 187
Jane Prowse 184
Richard Prowse 176
Henry Prowse 159
Ann Prowse 149
Eliza Prowse 144
Ellen Prowse 121
Alice Prowse 114
Annie Prowse 110
Emma Prowse 105
Emily Prowse 97
Frederick Prowse 97
Samuel Prowse 88
Susan Prowse 84
Albert Prowse 81
Joseph Prowse 80

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