Bowford Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Bowford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 8 | 1:358,743 | 8,527 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
Bowford Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowford Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bowford is borne by more people in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bowford click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowford? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Bowford live; 67 percent live in Caribbean and 67 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.
The last name Bowford is most frequently used in Jamaica, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 358,743. In Jamaica Bowford is primarily concentrated in: Middlesex County, where 88 percent reside and Surrey County, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Jamaica it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Bowford
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