Bownen Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Bownen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Bownen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bownen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bownen is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bownen.
How Common Is The Last Name Bownen? popularity and diffusion
Bownen is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Bownen reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname Bownen is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Bownen is most numerous in: Illinois, where 33 percent are found, Louisiana, where 33 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 33 percent are found. Outside of The United States Bownen is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found.
Bownen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bownen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Bownen
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