Rowlands Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 6
Brecknockshire 14
Berkshire 3
Carnarvonshire 725
Cambridgeshire 3
Cardiganshire 349
Cheshire 286
Carmarthenshire 215
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 36
Derbyshire 19
Denbighshire 140
Devon 71
Dorset 3
Durham 86
Essex 10
Flintshire 104
Glamorgan 943
Gloucestershire 52
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 23
Hunts and Rutland 9
Kent 30
Lancashire 604
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 10
London 199
Middlesex 23
Merionethshire 491
Montgomeryshire 421
Monmouthshire 320
Northumberland 26
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 9
Pembrokeshire 171
Radnorshire 18
Shropshire 193
Suffolk 7
Somerset 9
Surrey 18
Sussex 6
Staffordshire 119
Warwickshire 87
Westmorland 8
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 38
Yorkshire 107
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0

Rowlands Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rowlands family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,077
Coal Miner 171
Farmer 155
Domestic Servant 97
General Labourer 95
Agricultural Labourer 82
General Servant Domestic 70
General Servant 64
Dress Maker 60
Farm Servant 56
Labourer 50
Farm Labourer 37
Living On Her Own Means 36
House Keeper 33
Joiner 29
Blacksmith 28
Laundress 25
General Domestic Servant 25
Grocer 24
Farmer's Son 21
Slate Quarrier 21
Slate Quarry Man 20
Farmers Son 19
Tailor 19
Slate Quarryman 19

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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