Hawes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 35
Buckinghamshire 334
Berkshire 95
Cambridgeshire 142
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 47
Cornwall 59
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 26
Devon 32
Dorset 29
Durham 116
Essex 466
Gloucestershire 22
Hampshire 83
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 172
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 13
Isle of Man 0
Kent 234
Lancashire 95
Leicestershire 53
Lincolnshire 40
London 1,165
Middlesex 445
Northumberland 23
Norfolk 458
Northamptonshire 73
Nottinghamshire 20
Oxfordshire 228
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 13
Shropshire 11
Suffolk 550
Somerset 23
Surrey 188
Sussex 105
Staffordshire 16
Warwickshire 39
Westmorland 10
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 17
Yorkshire 196

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 3
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 7
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 51
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Hawes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hawes family

Profession Census Frequency
School 604
Farm Labourer 73
Farmer 44
Private Means 39
General Labourer 38
Labourer 34
General Servant (domestic) 33
At School 28
None 25
Domestic Servant 23
Dressmaker 21
Horseman On Farm 21
Carpenter 20
Carman 19
Bricklayer 18
Scholar 17
Assisting In Business 16
Laundress 16
Assisting In The Business 16
General Servant Domestic 15
Labourer On Farm 15
Errand Boy 14
Shop Assistant 14
Cowman On Farm 13
Milliner 12

Most Frequent Forenames for Hawes

Name Census Frequency
William Hawes 1,595
Mary Hawes 1,373
John Hawes 1,129
George Hawes 1,014
Elizabeth Hawes 983
James Hawes 944
Sarah Hawes 773
Thomas Hawes 698
Henry Hawes 603
Charles Hawes 550
Robert Hawes 530
Alice Hawes 459
Ann Hawes 430
Jane Hawes 410
Emma Hawes 400
Frederick Hawes 398
Eliza Hawes 380
Arthur Hawes 359
Annie Hawes 344
Ellen Hawes 332
Alfred Hawes 324
Joseph Hawes 288
Emily Hawes 286
Samuel Hawes 261
Edward Hawes 258

Hawes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Howes 80% 39,536
2 Hawes 100% 26,341
3 Howse 40% 7,771
4 Hewes 80% 3,564
5 Haws 80% 2,649
6 Hews 60% 2,028
7 Hows 60% 1,896
8 Howis 60% 1,001
9 Hewis 60% 778
10 Hawse 60% 312
11 Hawis 80% 149

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The surname Hawes is the 2nd most popular variant of Howes.

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