Bowerman Surname
Approximately 7,959 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameBowerman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,959 | 1:73,091 | 8,433 |
| England | 1,370 | 1:40,670 | 5,232 |
| Australia | 734 | 1:36,779 | 4,823 |
| Canada | 682 | 1:54,026 | 6,445 |
| South Africa | 45 | 1:1,203,949 | 68,637 |
| New Zealand | 35 | 1:129,381 | 15,740 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:106,708 | 8,358 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Cayman Islands | 13 | 1:4,915 | 636 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 868 | 1:28,082 | 3,805 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:130,701 | 5,289 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 809 | 1:62,075 | 6,793 |
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).
(English) = Bower1,2 (q.v.) + man.
A Chamberlain. See under Borrer.
Bowerman Demographics
Bowerman Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Bowerman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowerman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bowerman (Arabic: باورمان) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowerman? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 62,987th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 915,636 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Bowerman reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name internationally, held by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,959 people, or 1 in 73,091. In The United States it is mostly found in: Michigan, where 16 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Texas, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 33 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.
Bowerman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bowerman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bowerman surname grew 613 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 158 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 242 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 633 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bowerman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Bowerman surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Bowerman are 12.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national 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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bowerman in the Arabic language | ||
| باورمان | bawrman | - |
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Bowerman Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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