Bowhen Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Bowhen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Bowhen Demographics
Bowhen Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Bowhen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowhen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bowhen has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bowhen.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowhen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Bowhen reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 489,837. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Maryland County, where 89 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Liberia Bowhen exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 19 percent are found.
Bowhen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bowhen has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Bowhen last name decreased 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bowhen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bowhen surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Bowhen earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
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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 Bowhen
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