Faw 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 1
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 8
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

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

Faw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Faw family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 15
Copper Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
House Keeper 2
Living On His Own Means 1
Grocer Assistant 1
Pensioner 1
Beer Seller 1
Domestic Servant 1
Living On Own Means 1
Carman 1
Mariner 1
Sadler 1
Char Woman 1
Fisher Man 1
Worsted Driver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Faw

Name Census Frequency
William Faw 24
John Faw 17
Mary Faw 10
George Faw 9
Elizabeth Faw 8
Ellen Faw 7
James Faw 6
Charles Faw 5
Emma Faw 5
Henry Faw 5
Alice Faw 4
Annie Faw 4
Eliza Faw 4
Frank Faw 4
Harriet Faw 4
Maria Faw 4
Rebecca Faw 4
Thomas Faw 4
Ann Faw 3
Charlotte Faw 3
Hannah Faw 3
Harry Faw 3
Jane Faw 3
Robert Faw 3
Sarah Faw 3

Faw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Few 67% 6,440
2 Fow 67% 403
3 Fowe 50% 289
4 Faw 100% 234

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The surname Faw is the 4th most popular variant of Few.

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