Bowdler 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 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 5
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 15
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 33
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 56
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 139
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 67
Warwickshire 7
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 27
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 11
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bowdler Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bowdler family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 54
Agricultural Labourer 12
Coal Miner 7
Dress Maker 6
Labourer 5
Clerk 4
Cook 4
House Servant 4
Groom 4
Colliery Labourer 4
Engineer 4
House Maid 3
General Servant 3
Joiner 3
Boy 3
Bricklayer 2
Errand Boy 2
House Painter 2
Iron Moulder 2
Carter 2
Farm Labourer 2
Girl 2
Hair Dresser 2
House Keeper 2
Blacksmith 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Bowdler

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bowdler 334
William Bowdler 285
Thomas Bowdler 279
John Bowdler 239
Elizabeth Bowdler 195
Sarah Bowdler 193
George Bowdler 158
Charles Bowdler 122
Ann Bowdler 116
Edward Bowdler 108
James Bowdler 102
Jane Bowdler 98
Richard Bowdler 92
Joseph Bowdler 87
Henry Bowdler 79
Alice Bowdler 73
Ellen Bowdler 70
Eliza Bowdler 60
Hannah Bowdler 56
Annie Bowdler 55
Martha Bowdler 54
Alfred Bowdler 48
Harriet Bowdler 47
Samuel Bowdler 45
Emma Bowdler 44

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