Holwes 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 6
Dorset 2
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 3
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 6
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Holwes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Holwes family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Joiner 1
Blacksmith 1
Game Keeper 1
School Boy 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Holwes

Name Census Frequency
John Holwes 21
Mary Holwes 18
William Holwes 16
George Holwes 11
Elizabeth Holwes 10
Sarah Holwes 10
Thomas Holwes 7
Alfred Holwes 6
Maria Holwes 6
Annie Holwes 5
Emma Holwes 5
Henry Holwes 5
Jane Holwes 5
Joseph Holwes 5
Margaret Holwes 5
Alice Holwes 4
Ann Holwes 4
James Holwes 4
Agnes Holwes 3
Arthur Holwes 3
Charles Holwes 3
Eliza Holwes 3
Ellen Holwes 3
Harry Holwes 3
Herbert Holwes 3

Holwes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Holwes 100% 282
2 Halows 50% 273

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