Gawan 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 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
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 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 12

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 7
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gawan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gawan family

Profession Census Frequency
Collier 2
Assistant 1
Cartman 1
Paviour 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gawan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gawan 26
Thomas Gawan 14
Eliza Gawan 11
John Gawan 11
Elizabeth Gawan 10
George Gawan 10
Margaret Gawan 8
William Gawan 8
Ann Gawan 7
Henry Gawan 6
Jane Gawan 6
Sarah Gawan 6
Emma Gawan 5
Samuel Gawan 5
Alfred Gawan 4
Benjamin Gawan 4
Ellen Gawan 4
Hannah Gawan 4
James Gawan 4
Maria Gawan 4
Emily Gawan 3
Joseph Gawan 3
Alice Gawan 2
Bertha Gawan 2
Janet Gawan 2

Gawan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gowen 60% 5,122
2 Gowan 80% 3,751
3 Gawne 60% 2,413
4 Gawn 80% 1,050
5 Gown 60% 979
6 Gawen 80% 676
7 Gowin 60% 420
8 Gowne 40% 384
9 Gwin 60% 297
10 Gwen 60% 256
11 Gawan 100% 210
12 Gawin 80% 122
13 Goowin 50% 117

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The surname Gawan is the 11th most popular variant of Gowen.

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