Bowens Surname
Approximately 10,938 people bear this surname
Bowens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,953 | 1:36,417 | 4,519 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 382 | 1:295 | 53 |
| Ireland | 185 | 1:25,454 | 2,400 |
| England | 158 | 1:352,646 | 25,413 |
| Brazil | 48 | 1:4,459,882 | 118,224 |
| Jamaica | 47 | 1:61,063 | 3,229 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 1:5,510 | 685 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 1:97,427 | 6,588 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Costa Rica | 13 | 1:367,698 | 3,592 |
| Belize | 7 | 1:50,782 | 2,565 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 33 | 1:134,238 | 7,606 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 56 | 1:435,274 | 25,262 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 661 | 1:75,974 | 8,073 |
Bowens (52) may also be a first name.
Bowens Demographics
Average Male Bowens Height
175.96 cm
Average Female Bowens Height
161.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bowens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bowens has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowens? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 47,331st most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 666,259 people. The surname Bowens is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Bowens are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held forename on earth, held by 52 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 9,953 people, or 1 in 36,417. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 11 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Maryland, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname is found in 39 countries. It also occurs in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where 3 percent reside and Ireland, where 2 percent reside.
Bowens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bowens has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,506 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 561 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it expanded 282 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bowens Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Bowens last name is predominantly Catholic (97%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Bowens surname are 3.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.53% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bowens earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 17.72% less than the national average, earning $35,501 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.16% less than the national average, earning $41,156 CAD per year.
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Bowens Reference & Research
Bowen DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Bowen FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bowens
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis