Cowly 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 1
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 6
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 7
Kent 0
Lancashire 20
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 9
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 7
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

Cowly Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cowly family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
Sempstress 3
Farmer 3
Female Servant 2
Tailor 2
Independent 2
Ribbon Weaver 2
Coal Miner 1
Boatman 1
Solicitor Clerk 1
Boiler Maker 1
Clerk 1
Male Servant 1
Pupil 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cowly

Name Census Frequency
Mary Cowly 25
Elizabeth Cowly 19
William Cowly 19
John Cowly 18
Sarah Cowly 12
Thomas Cowly 12
Margaret Cowly 11
George Cowly 10
Ann Cowly 8
Henry Cowly 7
James Cowly 6
Eliza Cowly 5
Alice Cowly 4
Charles Cowly 4
Jane Cowly 4
Alfred Cowly 3
Arthur Cowly 3
Catherine Cowly 3
Edward Cowly 3
Emma Cowly 3
Francis Cowly 3
Frederick Cowly 3
Joseph Cowly 3
Ellen Cowly 2
Isaac Cowly 2

Cowly Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cowley 83% 39,991
2 Cawley 67% 12,182
3 Cowly 100% 272

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The surname Cowly is the 3rd most popular variant of Cowley.

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