Gowell 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 6
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 11
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gowell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gowell family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 3
Female Servant 2
Apprentice 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Ag Labourer 1
Carpenter 1
Manufacturer 1
Half Pay 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gowell

Name Census Frequency
William Gowell 37
John Gowell 34
Mary Gowell 29
Sarah Gowell 23
Elizabeth Gowell 18
Thomas Gowell 17
Ann Gowell 15
George Gowell 14
Jane Gowell 14
Annie Gowell 13
Charles Gowell 13
Edward Gowell 12
Henry Gowell 11
Arthur Gowell 10
Emma Gowell 10
James Gowell 10
Robert Gowell 8
Albert Gowell 7
Alfred Gowell 7
Hannah Gowell 7
Joseph Gowell 7
Richard Gowell 7
Frank Gowell 6
Harry Gowell 6
Margaret Gowell 6

Gowell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gowell 100% 595
2 Gwill 67% 141
3 Gewell 83% 127

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The surname Gowell is the most popular version of all its varients

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