Sawerby 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

Wales

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

Sawerby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sawerby family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Winder 3
Char Woman 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Tailor 1
Dress Maker 1
Machine Fitter 1
Mill Piecer 1
Power Loom Weaver 1
Scholar 1
Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sawerby

Name Census Frequency
Mary Sawerby 12
George Sawerby 9
John Sawerby 7
Joseph Sawerby 7
Thomas Sawerby 7
Jane Sawerby 6
Margaret Sawerby 6
Sarah Sawerby 6
William Sawerby 6
Elizabeth Sawerby 5
Ann Sawerby 4
Annie Sawerby 4
Charles Sawerby 4
James Sawerby 4
Anthony Sawerby 3
Isabella Sawerby 3
Robert Sawerby 3
Frank Sawerby 2
Martha Sawerby 2
Amelia Sawerby 1
Benjamin Sawerby 1
Daisy Sawerby 1
David Sawerby 1
Edward Sawerby 1
Emily Sawerby 1

Sawerby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sowerby 86% 12,270
2 Sawerby 100% 127

Did you know?

The surname Sawerby is the 2nd most popular variant of Sowerby.

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