Boatswain 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 10
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 7
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

Boatswain Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Boatswain family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
General Labourer 1
Farmer Of 315 Acress Employing 5 Men & 3 Boy 1
Breeder Of Fishing Nets 1
Domestic Lady's Companion 1
General Labourer & Fisherman 1
Market Gardener & Fisherman 1
Masons Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Boatswain

Name Census Frequency
Mary Boatswain 12
William Boatswain 11
Sarah Boatswain 10
Thomas Boatswain 10
George Boatswain 8
David Boatswain 7
John Boatswain 7
Elizabeth Boatswain 6
Alice Boatswain 5
Charles Boatswain 5
Dorothy Boatswain 5
Julia Boatswain 5
Ann Boatswain 4
Annie Boatswain 4
Frederick Boatswain 4
Henry Boatswain 4
Martha Boatswain 4
Alan Boatswain 3
Fred Boatswain 3
May Boatswain 3
Tom Boatswain 3
Amy Boatswain 2
Arthur Boatswain 2
Brian Boatswain 2
Elsie Boatswain 2

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