Tower 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 8
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 14
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 11
Devon 4
Dorset 8
Durham 6
Essex 24
Gloucestershire 11
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 0
Lancashire 50
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 16
London 89
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 32
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 0
Somerset 11
Surrey 4
Sussex 6
Staffordshire 23
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 18

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 3
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Tower Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tower family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 30
Agricultural Labourer 13
Female Servant 12
Labourer 7
Clerk 5
Servant 4
Pupil 4
Silk Winder 4
Ag Labourer 4
Grocer 3
Carpenter 3
Tailor 3
Farmer 3
Student 2
Mariner 2
Ag Lab 2
Printer 2
Handloom Weaver 2
Weaver 2
Dress Maker 2
Laundress 2
Painter 2
Plumber 1
Male Servant 1
Exgavater 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tower

Name Census Frequency
Mary Tower 209
William Tower 203
John Tower 175
Elizabeth Tower 141
George Tower 112
Sarah Tower 112
James Tower 111
Thomas Tower 96
Charles Tower 76
Jane Tower 74
Ann Tower 73
Henry Tower 73
Alice Tower 54
Joseph Tower 52
Robert Tower 52
Edward Tower 44
Ellen Tower 44
Margaret Tower 44
Arthur Tower 42
Eliza Tower 41
Emily Tower 40
Annie Tower 39
Alfred Tower 34
Hannah Tower 33
Emma Tower 30

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