Rowe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Rowe Name Meaning: A name given to someone who lived by a row of houses, or by a hedgerow.

From the Old English \"raw\", this was a name given to someone who lived by a row of houses, or by a hedgerow. The name could also be derived from the Medieval name \"Row\", which is a variant of Rollo or Roland.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Rowe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rowe family

Profession Census Frequency
School 2,270
Farm Labourer 211
Farmer 199
Private Means 180
General Labourer 160
General Servant (domestic) 143
Dressmaker 113
Labourer 113
None 107
Domestic Servant 92
Coal Miner Hewer 86
Clerk 81
At School 78
At Home 77
Carpenter 72
Scholar 56
Shop Assistant 55
Assisting In The Business 55
Assisting In Business 53
House Keeper 53
Dress Maker 50
House Painter 49
Housekeeper 47
General Servant Domestic 46
No Occupation 45

Rowe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rowe 100% 122,964
2 Roe 75% 44,307
3 Row 75% 15,863
4 Raw 50% 9,213
5 Wroe 50% 8,000
6 Rew 50% 5,514
7 Rawe 75% 2,157
8 Rewe 75% 977
9 Roo 50% 274
10 Aarow 40% 139
11 Rooe 75% 116

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