Rowles Surname

Profile managers: Darryl Rowles [send private message] and One Name Studies WikiTree [send private message]

About the Project

The Gott Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Rowles name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Rowles name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (British Isle Rowles's), by time period (18th Century Rowles's), or by topic (Rowles DNA, Rowles Occupations, Rowles Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

How to Participate

Please contact the Study's coordinator Darryl Rowles or post a comment at the foot of the page. If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks!

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Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

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This profile is part of the Rowles Name Study.

Goals

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect.

Progentors

Rowles Coat of Arms

There is no official Rowles coat of arms. There are may companies willing to sell you an interpretation of one.

Origin

• The Rowles surname appears to have originated in the British Isles, perhaps as early as 1066.
• Rowles is believed to be a A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor.
• Rowles may be a toponymic (related to a town or village) surname See another theory below.
• Rowles does not appear to be an occupational related surname like Smith, Miller, Cooper etc.
• Onomastics or onomatology the study of the origin, history, and use of surnames tells us that Rowles was derived from Rollo aka Gaange Rolf a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, a region of France. He ruled from 911 to 928. The surnam first appeared after 1066 when the Normans conquered England. See Surname Database for additional text. Does genetics support this notion?
• Are other Rowles families in the world closely related to our Rowles family? This includes those with spelling variations such as Rolls, Rolles and Rowells etc.
• Genetic research shows that two or more distinctly different American Rowles families have haplogroups that are Irish in origin rather than Norman/Viking origin that might be expected if descended from Rollo
• Another theory is that Rowles is a combination of the surnames Rowe and Welles and that it originated in the 1600's in northern England.

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

• Rowls
• Roles
• Rowlles
• Rolls

Rowles yDNA

• John Rowles (abt.1756-abt.1818) R-BY2124