Sowe 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 6
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 9
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 0

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

Sowe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sowe family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 4
Female Servant 3
Male Servant 2
Silk Weaver 2
Ag Labourer 2
Grocer 1
School Master 1
Nune 1
Coal Miner 1
Drover 1
Gardener 1
Lace Maker 1
Wine Merchant 1
Carpenter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sowe

Name Census Frequency
Mary Sowe 46
John Sowe 38
William Sowe 37
Elizabeth Sowe 31
Thomas Sowe 24
Sarah Sowe 22
James Sowe 21
Ann Sowe 18
George Sowe 18
Joseph Sowe 15
Charles Sowe 14
Hannah Sowe 14
Robert Sowe 14
Samuel Sowe 14
Henry Sowe 12
Jane Sowe 11
Alice Sowe 10
Annie Sowe 10
Eliza Sowe 9
Margaret Sowe 9
Edward Sowe 8
Martha Sowe 8
Agnes Sowe 6
Alfred Sowe 6
Richard Sowe 6

Sowe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Saw 50% 5,221
2 Sowe 100% 681
3 Sew 50% 342
4 Sow 75% 253

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The surname Sowe is the 2nd most popular variant of Saw.

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