Bowleg Surname

514,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 634 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bahamas
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Bowleg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowleg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bahamas5221:750151
United States1071:3,387,467192,132
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862

Bowleg Last Name Facts

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

Bowleg occurs in The Bahamas more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowleg? popularity and diffusion

Bowleg is the 514,664th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 11,494,552 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Bowleg live; 83 percent live in Caribbean and 83 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

This last name is most prevalent in The Bahamas, where it is held by 522 people, or 1 in 750. In The Bahamas Bowleg is mostly found in: New Providence, where 64 percent live, Andros, where 21 percent live and Grand Bahama, where 13 percent live. Apart from The Bahamas this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Bowleg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bowleg surname are 23.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for the party.

Bowleg earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.95% more than the national average, earning $51,759 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowlegs9221/
Bowloeg929/
Bowlleg921/
Bowlegg921/
Bowleggs861/
Bowlig835/
Bowlek831/
Bewleg830/
Vowleg830/
Boblek671/
Bowlick62101/
Bawleck622/
Boswelk621/
Boblyk5013/
Boblik5010/
Bublek503/
Bawlik501/
Bablec501/
Boswellick500/

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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 Bowleg
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