Dawes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 7
Buckinghamshire 19
Berkshire 21
Cambridgeshire 13
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 51
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 28
Derbyshire 185
Devon 47
Dorset 5
Durham 33
Essex 44
Gloucestershire 149
Hampshire 56
Herefordshire 31
Hertfordshire 30
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 38
Isle of Man 0
Kent 146
Lancashire 247
Leicestershire 56
Lincolnshire 21
London 582
Middlesex 42
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 71
Northamptonshire 50
Nottinghamshire 69
Oxfordshire 31
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 38
Shropshire 109
Suffolk 18
Somerset 51
Surrey 179
Sussex 233
Staffordshire 281
Warwickshire 171
Westmorland 13
Wiltshire 18
Worcestershire 97
Yorkshire 336

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 5
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 19
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 15
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Dawes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dawes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 767
Coal Miner 55
Agricultural Labourer 49
Domestic Servant 37
General Servant 34
General Labourer 33
Dress Maker 32
Laundress 31
Annuitant 23
Carpenter 18
Labourer 16
House Keeper 15
Cotton Weaver 14
No Occupation 14
Butcher 12
Gardener 11
Painter 11
Joiner 11
Farm Labourer 11
Cook Domestic Servant 10
Servant 10
Wheelwright 10
General Servant Domestic 10
Cook 9
Draper Assistant 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Dawes

Name Census Frequency
William Dawes 1,872
Mary Dawes 1,611
Elizabeth Dawes 1,070
George Dawes 961
Sarah Dawes 910
Thomas Dawes 850
John Dawes 829
James Dawes 798
Henry Dawes 660
Charles Dawes 571
Ann Dawes 535
Joseph Dawes 499
Jane Dawes 453
Edward Dawes 410
Annie Dawes 400
Eliza Dawes 381
Frederick Dawes 375
Emma Dawes 372
Alice Dawes 352
Alfred Dawes 351
Arthur Dawes 343
Ellen Dawes 339
Emily Dawes 316
Samuel Dawes 309
Albert Dawes 279

Dawes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dawes 100% 27,311
2 Daws 80% 10,085
3 Dowse 40% 7,349
4 Dews 60% 4,355
5 Dewis 60% 2,554
6 Dowes 80% 860
7 Dewes 80% 850
8 Dows 60% 627
9 Dawis 80% 579
10 Dewse 40% 409
11 Dawse 60% 276
12 Dowis 60% 244
13 Dowas 60% 160
14 Dowies 67% 133
15 Dawies 83% 123

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