Dawber 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 377
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 78
London 12
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 12
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 11
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 22

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

Dawber Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dawber family

Profession Census Frequency
Weaver 21
Farmer 12
Female Servant 12
Cotton Spinner 11
Labourer 11
Agricultural Labourer 9
Independent 9
Male Servant 6
Warper 6
Ag Lab 4
Ag Labourer 4
Shoe Maker 4
Steam Weaver 4
Stone Mason 4
Merchant 4
Joiner 3
Power Loom Weaver 3
Winder 3
Check Weaver 2
Clogger 2
Coal Miner 2
Cotton Weaver 2
Drawer In Coal Pit 2
Dyer 2
Flax Dresser 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Dawber

Name Census Frequency
John Dawber 454
Mary Dawber 435
William Dawber 379
Elizabeth Dawber 350
Thomas Dawber 311
James Dawber 288
Margaret Dawber 195
Ellen Dawber 194
Ann Dawber 186
Sarah Dawber 183
Alice Dawber 138
Jane Dawber 136
Joseph Dawber 120
Edward Dawber 96
Henry Dawber 89
Robert Dawber 89
George Dawber 82
Annie Dawber 63
Charles Dawber 59
Samuel Dawber 51
Martha Dawber 50
Hannah Dawber 43
Richard Dawber 43
Peter Dawber 38
Catherine Dawber 37

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