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Plowsmith Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the plowsmith,' a maker of ploughs. Plowright was the usual name, but we have proof that Plowsmith existed.
'Until a smith, men callen Dan Gerveis, That in his forge smithed plow-harenis.
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This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the plowsmith,' a maker of ploughs. Plowright was the usual name, but we have proof that Plowsmith existed.
'Until a smith, men callen Dan Gerveis, That in his forge smithed plow-harenis.' - Chaucer, Milleres Tale, 3758-9.
William le Plousmith, Rot. Fin., 7 Edward I.
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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| Belowsmith | 84 | 2 | / |
| Powel-Smith | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ploue-Smith | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paulo-Smith | 80 | 1 | / |
| Palasmith | 78 | 114 | / |
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| Pellsmith | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pylesmith | 78 | 1 | / |
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| Paul-Smith | 74 | 8 | / |
| Pool-Smith | 74 | 5 | / |
| Poli-Smith | 74 | 3 | / |
| Peel-Smith | 74 | 3 | / |
| Pola-Smith | 74 | 2 | / |
| Ploysamoth | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ploysamuth | 74 | 1 | / |
| Palasamith | 74 | 1 | / |
| Belsmith | 71 | 2 | / |
| Balsmith | 71 | 0 | / |
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| Belew-Smith | 70 | 2 | / |
| Bello Smith | 70 | 2 | / |
| Bello-Smith | 70 | 1 | / |
| Beilsmith | 67 | 204 | / |
| Bellsmith | 67 | 86 | / |
| Ballsmith | 67 | 47 | / |
| Bullsmith | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bowley-Smith | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bol-Smith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pooley-Smith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Blassmith | 67 | 1 | / |
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