Staw 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 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

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

Staw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Staw family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
School Mistress 2
House Maid 1
Domestic Servant 1
Roller Coverer 1
Star Inn Vaues Keeper 1
Annuitant 1
Farmers Wife 1
Landowners And Farmer 404 Acres Employing 7 Labour 1
Pupil 1
Cotton Warper 1
Washerwoman 1
Woollen Spinner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Staw

Name Census Frequency
William Staw 23
Mary Staw 19
John Staw 17
Thomas Staw 16
Ann Staw 14
George Staw 14
Joseph Staw 9
Sarah Staw 9
Alfred Staw 8
Elizabeth Staw 8
James Staw 8
Jane Staw 8
Annie Staw 7
Ellen Staw 7
Albert Staw 5
Alice Staw 5
Arthur Staw 5
Edith Staw 5
Eliza Staw 5
Emily Staw 5
Margaret Staw 5
Caroline Staw 4
Emma Staw 4
Hannah Staw 4
Harry Staw 4

Staw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Stow 75% 10,313
2 Stowe 60% 6,682
3 Stew 75% 876
4 Staw 100% 374

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The surname Staw is the 4th most popular variant of Stow.

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