Cowson 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Cowson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cowson family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 5
Male Servant 2
Carpenter 2
Ostler 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Blacksmith 1
Weaver 1
Wheel Wright 1
Publican 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cowson

Name Census Frequency
John Cowson 30
Mary Cowson 28
Elizabeth Cowson 23
William Cowson 23
Thomas Cowson 14
Joseph Cowson 10
Sarah Cowson 10
Henry Cowson 9
James Cowson 8
Margaret Cowson 8
Jane Cowson 7
Richard Cowson 7
Ann Cowson 6
George Cowson 6
Charles Cowson 5
Edward Cowson 5
Alfred Cowson 4
Annie Cowson 4
Eliza Cowson 4
Isabella Cowson 4
Alice Cowson 3
Beatrice Cowson 3
Ellen Cowson 3
Ethel Cowson 3
Hannah Cowson 3

Cowson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cawson 83% 1,711
2 Cousen 67% 520
3 Cowson 100% 348

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The surname Cowson is the 3rd most popular variant of Cawson.

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