Bowdon Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Bowdon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowdon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2511:1,444,05999,074
England421:1,326,62059,571
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2911:83,7648,882
Wales81:196,0527,186
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2371:211,89318,185

Bowdon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bowdon is found most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowdon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bowdon is the 906,170th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name Bowdon occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Bowdon are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 1,444,059. In The United States Bowdon is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 25 percent are found, Alabama, where 12 percent are found and Louisiana, where 12 percent are found. Not including The United States Bowdon is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.

Bowdon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bowdon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bowdon last name grew 106 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bowdon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bowdon surname are 21.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.42% being registered with the party.

Bowdon earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.96% less than the national average, earning $41,010 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowdoin921,129/
Bowdoen923/
Bowdonn921/
Bowdoyn920/
Bowdone920/
Boowdoun861/
Bawdon83371/
Bowdan8343/
Bowdom832/
Vowdon831/
Bowdane776/
Bouwdan771/
Bawdoin770/
Bovdun6750/
Bobdan6732/
Vawdon6719/
Bawdan673/
Bawdun671/
Babdon670/

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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 Bowdon
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