Dowswell 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 20
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 1
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 2
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

Dowswell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dowswell family

Profession Census Frequency
Fellmonger 2
Female Servant 2
Farmer 1
Ag Labourer 1
Barber 1
Straw Bonnet Maker 1
Straw Bonnet Maker Apprentice 1
Male Servant 1
Coachman 1
Leather Dresser 1
Tailor 1
Painter 1
Victualler 1
Independent 1
Male Servant Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dowswell

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dowswell 43
William Dowswell 40
John Dowswell 32
Elizabeth Dowswell 28
Charles Dowswell 26
George Dowswell 26
Sarah Dowswell 25
James Dowswell 23
Arthur Dowswell 22
Annie Dowswell 19
Jane Dowswell 14
Thomas Dowswell 14
Emma Dowswell 12
Albert Dowswell 11
Alice Dowswell 11
Robert Dowswell 10
Emily Dowswell 8
Francis Dowswell 8
Martha Dowswell 8
Ellen Dowswell 7
Fanny Dowswell 7
Henry Dowswell 7
Isaac Dowswell 7
Joseph Dowswell 7
Richard Dowswell 7

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