Bownie Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Bownie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bownie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Bownie (20) may also be a first name.

Bownie Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bownie occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bownie click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bownie? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bownie is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Bownie occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Bownie reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Bownie is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name on earth, held by 20 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 33 percent live, Indiana, where 33 percent live and Iowa, where 33 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 25 percent live.

Bownie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bownie has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowne911,667/
Bowni9111/
Bowney83108/
Bownis831/
Bewnie831/
Bownee831/
Bowned831/
Bhowne831/
Bownep830/
Bowinne775/
Bouwnes773/
Bawnier770/
Bownett770/
Bawne73836/
Bawni7311/
Bovni735/
Bewne732/
Buwne732/
Bownh731/
Bowné731/
Bowenneh711/
Boubne6726/
Bovnei6719/
Bhawni6711/
Bhovne674/
Bovnyi674/
Baawne674/
Boubni671/
Bhawne671/
Baswni671/
Bawnji671/
Bowneyjee671/
Bouwna671/
Bobney671/

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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 Bownie
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