Sowers 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 3
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 20
Lincolnshire 6
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Sowers Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sowers family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Stocking Maker 2
Governess 2
Laundress 1
Servant 1
Pouercress 1
Male Servant 1
Farmer 1
Clergyman 1
Lace Maker 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sowers

Name Census Frequency
John Sowers 43
Mary Sowers 33
William Sowers 27
Sarah Sowers 22
Elizabeth Sowers 17
James Sowers 16
George Sowers 14
Henry Sowers 14
Thomas Sowers 13
Ann Sowers 11
Jane Sowers 9
Robert Sowers 9
Annie Sowers 8
Margaret Sowers 7
Edward Sowers 6
Ellen Sowers 6
Joseph Sowers 6
David Sowers 5
Eliza Sowers 5
Harry Sowers 5
Martha Sowers 5
Samuel Sowers 5
Beatrice Sowers 4
Benjamin Sowers 4
Charles Sowers 4

Sowers Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Swires 50% 1,163
2 Sawers 83% 634
3 Sowers 100% 466
4 Swiers 67% 264
5 Sewers 83% 108

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The surname Sowers is the 3rd most popular variant of Swires.

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