Thaw 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 6
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 10
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 19

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

Thaw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Thaw family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Cotton Spinner 2
Female Servant 2
Worsted Factory 2
Joiner Wheelwright 1
Coach Maker Apprentice 1
Stamper 1
Weaver 1
Agricultural Labour 1
Clothier 1
Independent 1
Lab 1
Milleman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Thaw

Name Census Frequency
John Thaw 62
William Thaw 54
Mary Thaw 51
Thomas Thaw 41
Elizabeth Thaw 36
George Thaw 29
Sarah Thaw 21
Annie Thaw 18
Charles Thaw 17
Joseph Thaw 17
Henry Thaw 15
James Thaw 15
Martha Thaw 15
Alice Thaw 13
Emma Thaw 13
Eliza Thaw 12
Samuel Thaw 11
Alfred Thaw 10
Edward Thaw 10
Ellen Thaw 10
Florence Thaw 10
Harry Thaw 10
Margaret Thaw 10
Ann Thaw 9
Richard Thaw 9

Thaw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Thew 75% 2,991
2 Thaw 100% 945
3 Athow 60% 195
4 Thow 75% 116

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The surname Thaw is the 2nd most popular variant of Thew.

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