Bover 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 8
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
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 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Bover Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bover family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
Carpenter 1
Dress Maker 1
Hair Dresser 1
Waiter 1
Independent 1
Wool Comber 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bover

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bover 28
William Bover 28
John Bover 17
George Bover 15
Elizabeth Bover 14
Alfred Bover 11
Ellen Bover 11
Sarah Bover 11
Thomas Bover 11
James Bover 10
Henry Bover 9
Alice Bover 8
Arthur Bover 8
Edward Bover 8
Ann Bover 7
Harriet Bover 7
Jane Bover 7
Rose Bover 7
Catherine Bover 6
Clara Bover 5
Frederick Bover 5
Maria Bover 5
Albert Bover 4
Annie Bover 4
Charles Bover 4

Bover Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beaver 67% 9,409
2 Beever 67% 4,656
3 Beevor 50% 1,499
4 Bever 80% 614
5 Bover 100% 395
6 Baver 80% 200
7 Beavor 50% 179

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The surname Bover is the 5th most popular variant of Beaver.

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