Mowbray Family History
Mowbray Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Montbrai in La
Manche, France, named in Old French as ‘mud hill’, from Old French
mont ‘hill’ (see Mont 1) + brai ‘mud’, ‘slime’
(of Gaulish origin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Mowbray Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mowbray families
 16 - 30  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mowbray families
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161 - 319 54 - 160 |
1 - 53 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mowbray families
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33 - 64 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mowbray Family Origin
Mowbray Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Mowbray
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Mowbray Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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