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Dellow Family History

Dellow Surname Meaning

Probably denoting someone who lived at a place named The Hoo from Old English hōh Middle English Ho ‘hill spur promontory’ (see Howe), prefixed with Anglo-Norman French del or de la (‘of the’ or ‘at the’). The source of the medieval surname cited below is The Hoo in Great Gaddesden (Herts) which is recorded as la Hoo in 1325.

The later Dellow family of Great Hormead may have descended from the de la Hoo family of Great Gaddesden but this is unproven. In the modern period, the name was sometimes pronounced /dɛlə/ and spelled Deller or Dellar, as in Mary Dellar or Dellow 1744 in IGI (Great Hormead Herts).

See Deller for more examples. The name may sometimes have been reduced to Hoo, Hoe, or Howe. Compare Henry Howe 1558 in IGI (Ware Herts) with the 1651 bearer below and Water Howe 1560 in IGI (Bassingbourn Cambs) with Ann Dellow 1793 in IGI (Bassingbourn Cambs), but these could be coincidental occurrences of different family names.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Dellow families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Dellow family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Dellow families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 199 Dellow families living in London. This was about 32% of all the recorded Dellow's in United Kingdom. London had the highest population of Dellow families in 1891.
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What did your Dellow ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Gardener and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Dellow. 13% of Dellow men worked as a Gardener and 81% of Dellow women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Dellow were Window Cleaner and Domestic Duties.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Gardener
    13%
  • Incapacitated
    13%
  • General Labourer
    10%
  • Window Cleaner
    10%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    81%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    6%
  • Housewife
    3%
  • Domestic Duties
    2%

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Between 1962 and 2002, in the United States, Dellow life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1974, and highest in 1997. The average life expectancy for Dellow in 1962 was 59, and 80 in 2002.

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