Westow 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 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
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

Westow Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Westow family

Profession Census Frequency
Corset Maker Domestic 1
Cotton Weaver 1
City Police Constable 1
Bricklayer 1
Brewes Agent 1
General Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Westow

Name Census Frequency
William Westow 9
James Westow 8
Mary Westow 7
George Westow 6
John Westow 5
Frances Westow 4
Ann Westow 3
Elizabeth Westow 3
Jane Westow 3
Robert Westow 3
Sarah Westow 3
Thomas Westow 3
Walter Westow 3
Alice Westow 2
Amelia Westow 2
Annie Westow 2
Catherine Westow 2
Charles Westow 2
Clara Westow 2
David Westow 2
Edith Westow 2
Eliza Westow 2
Ellen Westow 2
Ethelinda Westow 2
Florence Westow 2

Westow Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wistow 83% 328
2 Westow 100% 142

Did you know?

The surname Westow is the 2nd most popular variant of Wistow.

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