Howd 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 9
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 19
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 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Howd Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Howd family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
Coal Miner 4
Female Servant 3
Publican 1
Tailor 1
Hat Maker 1
Coal Waggers 1
Ag Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Howd

Name Census Frequency
Mary Howd 50
William Howd 45
Thomas Howd 30
John Howd 26
James Howd 18
Jane Howd 18
George Howd 17
Elizabeth Howd 16
Margaret Howd 10
Michael Howd 9
Annie Howd 8
Ann Howd 7
Sarah Howd 6
Ellen Howd 5
Grace Howd 5
Eleanor Howd 4
Eliza Howd 4
Hannah Howd 4
Isabella Howd 4
Jessie Howd 4
Joseph Howd 4
Ralph Howd 4
Robert Howd 4
Ada Howd 3
Caroline Howd 3

Howd Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hawood 50% 650
2 Howood 67% 605
3 Howd 100% 412
4 Heawood 43% 392
5 Hewood 50% 152
6 Howde 80% 138

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The surname Howd is the 3rd most popular variant of Hawood.

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