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 more commonly found in Jamaica than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowford? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bowford is the 5,587,209th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Bowford occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Bowford are found; 67 percent are found in Caribbean and 67 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Jamaica, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 358,743. In Jamaica it is mostly found in: Middlesex County, where 88 percent reside and Surrey County, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Jamaica this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found 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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