Prowse 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 28
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 407
Dorset 9
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 35
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 67
Middlesex 6
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 9
Somerset 34
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 19
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 4

Wales

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

Prowse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Prowse family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 27
Female Servant 20
Independent 19
Male Servant 13
Farmer 10
Mason 7
Apprentice 6
Labourer 6
Pauper 5
Carpenter 4
Tailor 4
Surgeon 4
Ag Lab 3
Dress Maker 3
School Master 3
Butcher 3
Grocer 3
Smith 3
Stone Mason 3
Taylor 3
Baker 2
Blacksmith 2
Dressmaker 2
Independant 2
Journeyman 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Prowse

Name Census Frequency
William Prowse 636
Mary Prowse 627
John Prowse 492
Elizabeth Prowse 400
James Prowse 263
Sarah Prowse 235
George Prowse 230
Robert Prowse 226
Thomas Prowse 206
Charles Prowse 187
Jane Prowse 184
Richard Prowse 176
Henry Prowse 159
Ann Prowse 149
Eliza Prowse 144
Ellen Prowse 121
Alice Prowse 114
Annie Prowse 110
Emma Prowse 105
Emily Prowse 97
Frederick Prowse 97
Samuel Prowse 88
Susan Prowse 84
Albert Prowse 81
Joseph Prowse 80

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