Bowl 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 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 19
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 1
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 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bowl Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bowl family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Independent 3
Apprentice 1
Tailoress 1
Laundress 1
Porter 1
Soldier 1
Under Nurse 1
Female Servant 1
Grocer 1
House Dealer 1
Ag Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bowl

Name Census Frequency
William Bowl 50
Thomas Bowl 47
John Bowl 39
Elizabeth Bowl 35
Sarah Bowl 27
Mary Bowl 25
Albert Bowl 15
Annie Bowl 15
Edward Bowl 13
James Bowl 12
Ann Bowl 11
Emma Bowl 11
Frederick Bowl 11
George Bowl 10
Walter Bowl 10
Eliza Bowl 9
Margaret Bowl 9
Martha Bowl 9
Samuel Bowl 9
Joseph Bowl 8
Charles Bowl 7
Ethel Bowl 7
Fanny Bowl 7
Henry Bowl 7
Arthur Bowl 6

Bowl Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bole 50% 1,701
2 Bowle 80% 747
3 Boal 75% 696
4 Bowl 100% 628
5 Bowel 80% 412
6 Bolle 60% 121

Did you know?

The surname Bowl is the 4th most popular variant of Bole.

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