Bowm Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Bowm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Bowm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bowm is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowm? popularity and diffusion

Bowm is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Bowm live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Bowm is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States Bowm is most frequent in: Arizona, where 14 percent are found, Missouri, where 14 percent are found and New York, where 14 percent are found. Other than The United States Bowm exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 11 percent are found and Israel, where 11 percent are found.

Bowm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bowm has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bowm Last Name Statistics demography

Bowm earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhowm8939/
Bowme893/
Bowmm890/
Bawm754,798/
Bewm751/
Bovm750/
Botvm671/
Bhawm671/
Bgovm671/
Babm508/
Bavm501/
Vubm501/
Vovm501/

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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
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  • 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 Bowm
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