Rewis 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 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
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 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Rewis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rewis family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Formerly Governess 1
Flour Furper 1
Ag Labourer 1
Farm Steward 1
Domestic Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rewis

Name Census Frequency
William Rewis 14
John Rewis 10
Thomas Rewis 10
Mary Rewis 9
Eliza Rewis 6
James Rewis 6
Jane Rewis 6
Ann Rewis 4
Charles Rewis 4
Elizabeth Rewis 4
Henry Rewis 4
Sarah Rewis 4
Ellen Rewis 3
Harry Rewis 3
Joseph Rewis 3
Kate Rewis 3
David Rewis 2
Emma Rewis 2
Ethel Rewis 2
Florence Rewis 2
George Rewis 2
Hannah Rewis 2
Herbert Rewis 2
Maria Rewis 2
Richard Rewis 2

Rewis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rowse 40% 6,004
2 Rawes 60% 1,598
3 Rewes 80% 1,243
4 Rowes 60% 1,100
5 Rows 60% 1,097
6 Raws 60% 518
7 Rewis 100% 168
8 Rews 80% 157
9 Rawse 40% 113
10 Rewse 60% 111

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The surname Rewis is the 7th most popular variant of Rowse.

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