| Bedfordshire | 8 |
| Buckinghamshire | 20 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 13 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 2 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 4 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 6 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 4 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 7 |
| Lancashire | 3 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 17 |
| London | 38 |
| Middlesex | 6 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 13 |
| Northamptonshire | 5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 5 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 2 |
| Suffolk | 13 |
| Somerset | 6 |
| Surrey | 7 |
| Sussex | 4 |
| Staffordshire | 6 |
| Warwickshire | 4 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 18 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 22 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 5 |
| Servant | 5 |
| Farm Labourer | 4 |
| House Servant | 3 |
| Assistant | 3 |
| Labourer | 3 |
| Labourer Wife | 3 |
| Pauper | 2 |
| Straw Platerer | 2 |
| Ag Lab | 2 |
| Blacksmith | 2 |
| Dress Maker | 2 |
| Lace Maker | 2 |
| Sea Deale & Stokner | 2 |
| Annuitant | 2 |
| Laundress | 2 |
| School Mistress | 2 |
| Shoe Binder | 2 |
| Cord Wainer | 2 |
| Wheelwright | 1 |
| Bricklayer Labr | 1 |
| Carman | 1 |
| Carmans Wife | 1 |
| Farmer | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Hows | 138 |
| William Hows | 127 |
| John Hows | 113 |
| Sarah Hows | 91 |
| George Hows | 87 |
| Elizabeth Hows | 81 |
| James Hows | 66 |
| Ann Hows | 53 |
| Thomas Hows | 53 |
| Frederick Hows | 40 |
| Henry Hows | 38 |
| Charles Hows | 36 |
| Alfred Hows | 33 |
| Eliza Hows | 32 |
| Jane Hows | 29 |
| Robert Hows | 27 |
| Joseph Hows | 25 |
| Arthur Hows | 23 |
| Annie Hows | 22 |
| Emma Hows | 22 |
| Alice Hows | 21 |
| Emily Hows | 21 |
| Fanny Hows | 21 |
| Martha Hows | 21 |
| Edward Hows | 18 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howes | 80% | 39,536 |
| 2 | Hawes | 60% | 26,341 |
| 3 | Howse | 80% | 7,771 |
| 4 | Hewes | 60% | 3,564 |
| 5 | Haws | 75% | 2,649 |
| 6 | Hews | 75% | 2,028 |
| 7 | Hows | 100% | 1,896 |
| 8 | Howis | 80% | 1,001 |
| 9 | Hewis | 60% | 778 |
| 10 | Hawse | 60% | 312 |
| 11 | Houghs | 50% | 238 |
| 12 | Hawis | 60% | 149 |
The surname Hows is the 7th most popular variant of Howes.