Bowdith Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Bowdith Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowdith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Wales41:773,63329,106
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Bowdith Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bowdith Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bowdith is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowdith? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Bowdith occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Bowdith reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is most numerous in: Dorset, where 75 percent live and Somerset, where 25 percent live. Excluding England this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 36 percent live and The United States, where 27 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowdich86159/
Bowdioh861/
Bowdist860/
Bowdi832/
Bowdetch800/
Bowdie779/
Bowdio776/
Bowdeh772/
Bowddi771/
Bowdij771/
Bouwdi771/
Bowdiy771/
Bowdet770/
Bobditt713/
Bowdesh711/
Bovdish710/
Bawdish710/
Bowdiss710/
Bowdy67159/
Bowde6723/
Bobdi6710/
Bawdi679/
Bowda676/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bowdith
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