Sowray 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 7
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
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 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 32

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

Sowray Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sowray family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Fish Monger 2
Independent 2
Excise Officer 1
Carpenter Joiner 1
Draper 1
Farmer 1
Female Servant 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sowray

Name Census Frequency
William Sowray 40
John Sowray 32
Mary Sowray 31
Ann Sowray 22
Elizabeth Sowray 21
George Sowray 19
Thomas Sowray 17
Robert Sowray 13
Sarah Sowray 13
Jane Sowray 11
Alice Sowray 9
Edith Sowray 8
Walter Sowray 8
Annie Sowray 7
Ellen Sowray 7
James Sowray 7
David Sowray 6
Frances Sowray 6
Joseph Sowray 6
Louisa Sowray 5
Charlotte Sowray 4
Edwin Sowray 4
Emily Sowray 4
Ernest Sowray 4
Martin Sowray 4

Sowray Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sowry 83% 1,042
2 Sawrey 67% 859
3 Sewry 67% 792
4 Sowrey 83% 785
5 Sowery 67% 478
6 Sowray 100% 467

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The surname Sowray is the 6th most popular variant of Sowry.

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