Bowerman Surname

62,987th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,959 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Bowerman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the'bowerman,' i.e. the servant of the bower, the male equivalent of 'bower-maiden, 'an indoor servitor, a chamberlain. The corrupted forms of the surname are easily traceable; v. Burman. Below are two entries that occur side by side: Cecilia del Boure, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Bowerman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9591:73,0918,433
England1,3701:40,6705,232
Australia7341:36,7794,823
Canada6821:54,0266,445
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
New Zealand351:129,38115,740
Wales291:106,7088,358
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Malta181:23,9041,289
Cayman Islands131:4,915636
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
France41:16,605,680368,153
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
China31:455,773,85521,925
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8681:28,0823,805
Wales121:130,7015,289
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8091:62,0756,793

Bowerman (12) may also be a first name.

Bowerman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the'bowerman,' i.e. the servant of the bower, the male equivalent of 'bower-maiden, 'an indoor servitor, a chamberlain. The corrupted forms of the surname are easily traceable; v. Burman. Below are two entries that occur side by side: Cecilia del Boure, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Boureman, 1379: ibid.

This places the origin beyend dispute.

Gilbert Burman, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Isabella Bureman, Essex, ibid.

William Bourman. Valor Ecclesiasticus.

William Bowerman, or Bourman, 1506: Register of the University of Oxford.

Robert Boreman, or Bourman, died 1675: Dictionary of National Biography.

Simon Boureman. son of James Bowreman: Visitation of London, 1633-5.

1632. Buried - Job Boormnn, a prentice: St. Antholin (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) = Bower1,2 (q.v.) + man.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A Chamberlain. See under Borrer.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Bowerman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bowerman (Arabic: باورمان) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowerman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 62,987th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 915,636 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Bowerman are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bowerman is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name Bowerman is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,959 people, or 1 in 73,091. In The United States it is mostly found in: Michigan, where 16 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 33 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Bowerman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bowerman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bowerman last name expanded 613 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 158 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 242 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 633 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bowerman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bowerman surname are 12.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.97% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bowerman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 8.86% less than the national average, earning R 216,588 per year; in United States they earn 3.82% more than the national average, earning $44,796 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.79% more than the national average, earning $50,074 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bowerman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bowerman in the Arabic language
باورمانbawrman-

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Bowerman Reference & Research

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