Rowlands Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Bedfordshire 1
Brecknockshire 38
Carnarvonshire 482
Cambridgeshire 5
Cardiganshire 245
Channel Islands 9
Cheshire 88
Carmarthenshire 67
Cumberland 23
Derbyshire 8
Denbighshire 65
Devon 35
Dorset 2
Durham 37
Essex 5
Flintshire 144
Glamorgan 138
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 19
Hertfordshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 7
Lancashire 247
Leicestershire 2
London 75
Middlesex 1
Merionethshire 356
Montgomeryshire 453
Monmouthshire 116
Northumberland 9
Pembrokeshire 151
Radnorshire 40
Shropshire 138
Suffolk 1
Somerset 2
Surrey 1
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 50
Warwickshire 12
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 20
Yorkshire 2
Anglesey 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cornwall 0
Isle of Man 0
Lincolnshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0

Rowlands Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rowlands family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 336
Agricultural Labourer 109
House Servant 98
Labourer 71
At Home 60
Pauper 35
Farm Labourer 33
Servant 31
Farmers Son 30
General Servant 29
Dress Maker 27
Farmers Daughter 24
Wife Of Above 24
Coal Miner 22
Tailor 21
Carpenter 19
Farmer's Son 19
Home 19
Farmers Wife 18
Farm Servant 15
House Keeper 15
Wife 15
Blacksmith 15
Quarry Man 15
Collier 14

Most Frequent Forenames for Rowlands

Name Census Frequency
John Rowlands 3,908
Mary Rowlands 3,713
William Rowlands 3,173
Elizabeth Rowlands 2,457
Thomas Rowlands 2,250
Margaret Rowlands 1,755
Jane Rowlands 1,666
David Rowlands 1,494
Sarah Rowlands 1,300
Ann Rowlands 1,198
Richard Rowlands 1,133
Catherine Rowlands 959
Robert Rowlands 929
Edward Rowlands 892
Ellen Rowlands 825
James Rowlands 648
Anne Rowlands 596
George Rowlands 591
Annie Rowlands 580
Evan Rowlands 544
Owen Rowlands 487
Martha Rowlands 464
Hugh Rowlands 452
Henry Rowlands 427
Joseph Rowlands 405

Rowlands Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rowlands 100% 47,644
2 Rawlands 88% 302

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The surname Rowlands is the most popular version of all its varients

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