Bowis 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 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 6
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 9
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 8
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
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

Bowis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bowis family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Card Room Hand 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Cotton Sweeper 1
Labourer 1
Publican 1
Grocer 1
Independant 1
Independent 1
Inn Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bowis

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Bowis 14
Robert Bowis 13
Ann Bowis 10
William Bowis 10
Mary Bowis 9
John Bowis 8
Annie Bowis 7
Charles Bowis 7
Elizabeth Bowis 7
George Bowis 7
James Bowis 6
Joseph Bowis 5
Eliza Bowis 4
Jane Bowis 4
Andrew Bowis 3
Betsy Bowis 3
Frances Bowis 3
Grace Bowis 3
Harriet Bowis 3
Henry Bowis 3
Susanna Bowis 3
Daniel Bowis 2
Elenor Bowis 2
Ellen Bowis 2
Ethel Bowis 2

Bowis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bowes 80% 18,690
2 Bows 80% 854
3 Bews 60% 810
4 Bewes 60% 508
5 Bawes 60% 302
6 Bowis 100% 212
7 Bowse 60% 170
8 Bewis 80% 157

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The surname Bowis is the 6th most popular variant of Bowes.

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