Sowray Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Sowray Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sowray family

Profession Census Frequency
School 15
Farmer 7
Weaver 3
Chemist & Druggist 2
Farmers Son Working On Farm 2
Home Duties 2
At Home Helping 1
Blacksmith Engineers Shop 1
Carriage Cleaner 1
Carter Coal Trade 1
Char Woman 1
Cleak Leylb Leather Fraoo 1
Daughter (dairy & C) 1
Dyers Labourer 1
Engineers Smith 1
Farm Labourer General 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Grocer Assistant 1
Hawker 1
Home 1
Iramway Mobor Make 1
Labourer At A Coal Mine (above Ground) 1
Labourer In Engineering Works 1
Labourer(builder's) 1
Laundress 1

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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