Plaw Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Discover how your Plaw ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.

Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 8
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 18
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

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

Plaw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Plaw family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 7
Clerk 1
Cotton Peicer 1
Shoe Maker 1
Nurse 1
Journeyman Potter 1
Book Maker 1
Female Servant 1
Labourer 1
Sawer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Plaw

Name Census Frequency
James Plaw 41
George Plaw 37
Mary Plaw 36
William Plaw 36
John Plaw 28
Sarah Plaw 27
Elizabeth Plaw 24
Charles Plaw 21
Robert Plaw 21
Ann Plaw 19
Henry Plaw 19
Edward Plaw 15
Annie Plaw 13
Emily Plaw 13
Emma Plaw 12
Frances Plaw 12
Jane Plaw 12
Frederick Plaw 11
Alice Plaw 10
Caroline Plaw 9
Eliza Plaw 9
Maria Plaw 9
Thomas Plaw 9
Walter Plaw 9
Ada Plaw 8

Plaw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Plaw 100% 724
2 Plow 75% 577

Did you know?

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

Search for the Plaw family