Bowg Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Thailand

Bowg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bowg Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Bowg (90) may also be a first name.

Bowg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bowg occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bowg.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,587,209th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Bowg is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Bowg reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Bowg is also the 1,005,046th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 90 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 50 percent live and Telangana, where 50 percent live. Excluding India Bowg is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Bowg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bowg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bowg surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowgh891/
Bowgs890/
Bewg7521/
Bowq751/
Bowk750/
Bowke672/
Baswg671/
Bewgh670/
Bowcke600/
Bawk5027/
Vuwg501/
Befg501/
Bawc501/
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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 Bowg
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