Sow 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
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 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Sow Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sow family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Clerk 2
Home Servant Housemaid 1
Paviour 1
Washer 1
Farmer 19 172acres 6 Labourer Employed 1
House Keeper 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Dress Maker 1
Shoe Binder 1
Shoe Maker 1
Domestic 1
Button Maker 1
Table Blade Grinder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sow

Name Census Frequency
John Sow 18
Thomas Sow 15
Elizabeth Sow 14
Mary Sow 14
Sarah Sow 14
William Sow 10
Charles Sow 9
James Sow 9
Robert Sow 6
Frederick Sow 5
George Sow 5
Ann Sow 4
Eliza Sow 4
Emily Sow 4
Jane Sow 4
Martha Sow 4
Ah Sow 3
Annie Sow 3
Ellen Sow 3
Emma Sow 3
Florence Sow 3
Frances Sow 3
Harriett Sow 3
Isabella Sow 3
Joseph Sow 3

Sow Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Saw 67% 5,221
2 Sowe 75% 681
3 Sew 67% 342
4 Sow 100% 253

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The surname Sow is the 4th most popular variant of Saw.

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