Taws 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 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 12
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 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

Taws Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Taws family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Sail Maker 1
Labourer 1
Warehouseman 1
Charwoman 1
Apprentice 1
Engine Man & Verger 1
Engine Stoker & Verger 1
Steam Boat Engineer 1
Water Man 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Taws

Name Census Frequency
John Taws 34
William Taws 34
Elizabeth Taws 22
Mary Taws 15
Isabella Taws 14
George Taws 13
David Taws 11
Margaret Taws 11
Thomas Taws 11
Edward Taws 10
Martha Taws 10
Sarah Taws 9
Crosby Taws 8
Barbara Taws 7
Jane Taws 6
Joseph Taws 6
Ann Taws 5
Annie Taws 5
Charles Taws 5
Georgina Taws 5
Andrew Taws 4
Edith Taws 4
James Taws 4
Frances Taws 3
Hannah Taws 3

Taws Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Towse 60% 2,128
2 Towes 60% 911
3 Twose 40% 695
4 Taws 100% 355
5 Tawse 80% 163
6 Tows 75% 103
7 Twise 40% 100

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The surname Taws is the 4th most popular variant of Towse.

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